Horneck, Anthonv, D.D., an English divine, was born at Baccharack, in the Lower Palatinate, in 1641. He studied at Heidelberg and at Leyden, and finally went to England, and entered Queen's College, Oxford, at the age of nineteen. Two years after he became tu- tor to lord Torrington, who gave him the living of Doulton, in Devonshire, and procured him a prebend in the church of Exeter. In 1671 he was chosen preacher at the Savoy, upon which he resigned his living in Dev- onshire. Admiral Eussel, afterwards earl of Orford, rec- ommended him to the queen for preferment, and, by the advice of Dr. Tillotson, then archbishop, he was present- ed to the prebendary of Westminster in 1693, He died Jan. 31, 1697. He was a good linguist, a learned diviaie,
an excellent preacher, and a faithful pastor. His church was so crowded that it was often difficidt for him to reach the pulpit. In the reign of James II, when it be- came clear that there was danger of a revival of popery, he spared no pains in resisting the movement. His zeal for the promotion of practical religion Avas inces- sant ; and, among other means, he made use of the so- called Religious Societies of the time, of which, indeed, some suppose him to have been the original founder. The rides of these societies seem in some points to have suggested to Wesley his class-meetings (q. v.). The following is a summary of them : " 1. All that enter the society shall resolve upon a holy and serious life. 2. No person shall be admitted into the society until he has aiTived at the age of sixteen, and has been first con- firmed by the bishop, and solemnly taken upon himself his baptismal vows. 3. The members sliall choose a minister of the Church of England to direct them. 4. They shall not be allowed in their meetings to discourse on any controverted point of divinity. 5. Neither shall they discourse on the govemment of Church or State. 6. In their meetings they shall use no praj-ers but those of the Church, such as the litany and collects, and other prescribed prayers; but still they shall not use any that pecuUarly belongs to the minister, as the absolution. 7. The minister whom they choose shall direct what jirac- tical divinit}' shall be read at these meetings. 8. They shall have liberty, after prayer and reading, to sing a psalm. 9. After all is done, if there be time left, they may discourse to each other about their spiritual con- cerns ; but this shall not be a standing exercise which any shall be obliged to attend to. 10. One day in the week shall be appointed for this meeting for such as cannot come on the Lord's day; and he that absents himself without cause shall pay threepence to the box. 11. Every time they meet they shall give sixpence to the box. 12. On a certain day. in the year, viz. Whit- Tuesday, two stewards shall be chosen, and a moderate dinner provided, and a sermon preached ; and the money distributed (necessary charges deducted) to the poor. 13. A book shall be bought in which these orders shall be written. 14. None shall be admitted into this socie- ty without the consent of the minister who presides over it ; and no apprentice sliall be capable of being chosen. 15. If any case of conscience shall arise, it shall be brought before the minister. 16. If any member think fit to leave the society he shall pay five shillings to the stock. 17. The major part of the society shall conclude the rest. 18. The following rules are more especially recommended to the members of this society, viz. : To love one another. When reviled, not to revile again. To speak evil of no man. To wrong no man. To pray, if possible, seven times a day. To keep close to the Church of England. To transact all things peaceably and gentlj'. To be helpful to each other. To use them- selves to holy thoughts in their coming in and going out. To examine themselves every night. To give every one their due. To obcj' superiors, both spiritual and temporal." Dr. Homeck's writings include the fol- lowing: Sermons on the ffth of St.Mattheic, with The Life of the Author, by Eichard (Kidder), lord bishop of Bath and Wells (Lond. 2d ed. 1706, 2 vols. 8vo) -.—The crucified Jesus, or a Trecttise on the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, etc. (London, 6th edit. 1716, 8vo) :—The fjreat Law of Consideration (Lond. 11th ed. 1729, 8vo): — The happy Ascetic, or the best Exercise (on 1 Tim. iv, 7), to which is added a Letter concennng the holy Lives of the primitive Christians (Lond. 3d ed. enlarged, 1693, 8vo) : — The Fire of the A Itar, a Preparation for the Lord's Supper (London, 13th ed. 1718, 12mo) : — Sermon on Rom. viii, 20 (Lond. 1677, 4to). — Darling, Cyclopmdia Bihliograph. i, 1547; Hook, Eccles. Biography, vi, 166; Birch, Life of Tillotson.
Hornejus (Hornet), Konrad, a German Lutheran divine, was born in Brunswick Nov. 25, 1590. He stud- ied theology, philosophy, and philology at Helmstiidt, where he settled in 1612. Here he became professor of
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logic ami ethics in 1619, and of theology in 1028. He died Sept. 26, 1649. As a theologian, especially in the Synergistic controversy (q. v.), he was distinguished for his moderation. His principal works are, IHsputatioms elhicic (Helmst. 1618; 7th ed. 1666) •.—Exercitationes et disputationes lofficce (1621) :^Disquisitiones metciphysicce