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episcopate. The librarj- of Lyons possesses, No. 441, a very beautiful Missale ecclesice GulHcce folio, written in maf(iiiticent Gothic characters and illuminated with ex- cellent vignettes, which appears to have been the prop- erty ofKoland de Neuville. — Hoefcr, Nouv. Biog. Gene- rule, s. V.
Nevay, .Iohn, a noted Scotch Presbyterian minis- ter, who ll(niri>hL'<l in the daj's of the English Itevo- lution as pa>t'>r of Newmills, in the parish of London, was idontiiii'il witli the struggle for tiie independence of the Kirk, and in 1()47 gained unenviable notoriety by the severe measures which he counselled general Leslie to adopt against the Ikitish soldiery. But, though severe wit li his opponents in religion, Mr. Nevay cannot be said til have lacked in religious devotion and Christian zeal, lie is commended l)y his contemporaries of the Kirk for soundness in the faith, shining piety in conversation, and great diligence in attending all the parts of his ministerial functions, particularly church judicatories; one who was always very zealous in contending against steps of defection contrary to the work of reformation carricil on in that period. See Scots Worthies, p. 287.
Neve, Francois de, a Flemish painter of sacred art. was liorn at Antwerp, according to I5alkema, in ItjJ.'). He stuiUed for some time the works of Kubens and Yandyck, and afterwards visited Home for improve- ment, wliere he resided several years. On returning to Flanders he painted a number of good historical works wliicli gained him considerable reputation ; but he after- wards painted heroic landscapes with subjects from liistory or fable, in which he evinced great fertility of invention and refinement of taste. Bartsch mentions fourteen etchings by this artist, executed in a slight but very masterly style, embellished with figures correctly drawn and ingeniously grouped. Neve died in 1681, See Sjiooncr, Biog. Hist, of the Fine Arts, ii, 615.
Neve, Timothy (1), D.D.,an English divine, was born at Wot ton, in Shropshire, in 1G94, and was educat- ed at St. John's College, Cambridge University. After graduation he taught for a while at Spalding, then took holy orders, and was made minor canon of Peterborough ; while there he was a joint-founder of " The Gentleman's Society," of which he was for a long time secretary. He was alterwards successively prebendary of Lincoln, arch- deacon of Huntingdon, and rector of Alwalton, in Hunt- ingdonshire, where he died in 1757. Dr. Neve was chaplain to the bishop of Lincoln, Dr. Thomas, and is spoken of by his contemporaries as a worthy man and a close student. He published one sermon, entitled Preaching icith Authoritg (Oxf. 1747, 8vo), and several astronomical papers which have been republished in this country in the Philadelphia Transactiuns ; also an essay on the Invention of Printing. Sec Gen. Biog. Bid. s. V.
Neve, Timothy (2), D.D., an eminent English di- vine, son of the preceding, was born at Spalding in 1724. He studied at Cor|)us Christi College, Oxford, of wliich ho was elected fellow in 1747. He became successively cliaplain of Merton College, rector of Geddington (in 17()_'; and of Middleton Stoney; was elected Margaret professor of divinity at Oxford, and installed preben- ilary of Worcester in 178.3. He died in 1798. He was an able tlieologian and scholar. He published a sermon preached before the earl of Westmoreland, JiancelJor of the University of Oxford, on July 8, 1750, and entitled The Comimrative Blessings of Christianity :— Eight Ser- VHins preached, in 1781, at the Lecture founded hg the Par. John Hampton (Oxf. 1781, Sxo):— Seventeen Ser- mons on various Subjects (ibid. 1798, Syo):— Animad- versions on Phillips's Life of Cardinal Pole (ibid. 176G, 8vo). See Darling, Cycl. Bibliographica, V\,2lGd; Gen. Biog. Diet. s. v.; Hook, Kecks. Biog. vii, s. v.
Nevil(le), Tiio.mas, D.D., an English theologian of the Hlizaljethan period, noted for his strict adherence \u the Cfdvinistic doctrines in a sharp and decisive form.
was born at Canterbury-, educated at the University of Cambridge, and became a fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, in 1570. Ten years after we find liim proctor of the university, and in 1582 presented to the mastership of Magdalen College. In 1590 he was pro- moted by the queen to the deanery of Peterborough. In 1593 he was appointed to the mastership of Trinity Col- lege, and in March, 1594, resigned the rectory of Dod- dington, on being presented to that of Teversham, near Cambridge. In 1595 he was concerned in the contro- versy which originated at Cambridge from the public declaration of William Barret, fellow of Caius College, against the doctrine of predestination and falling from grace. On these points, the general persuasion being t hen favorable to the system of Calvin, Barret was called before some of the heads of the Church, and compelled to retract hLs Arminian opinions. The dispute, liowever, which was referred by both parties to archbishop Whit- gift, occasioned the well-known conference of the divines at Lambeth (1595), where they agreed on certain propo- sitions, in conformity with Covin's principles, common- ly called the Lambeth A rticles (q. v.). Dr. Neville and his brethren soon after had to complain of Dr. Barof n), lady Margaret professor of divinity, for maintaining some doctrines respecting universal salvation diametri- cally opposite to those of the Lambeth Articles, in con- sequence of which he was removed from his station in the university. (For a full account of this, see the life of Peter Baro(n) ; Collier, Eccles. Hist, ii, 647 ; and Strype, Annak, iv, 322.) In 1597 Neville was promoted to the deanerj' of Canterbury. He was in this position on the accession of king James to the throne of England, and was by archbishop Whitgift, in his own name and of all the bishops and clergy, sent into Scotland to give his majesty assurance of their unfeigned duty and loyalty, and to know what commands he had for them to ob- serve concerning ecclesiastical causes; recomriiending also the Church of England to his favor and protection. The Puritans had always hoped much for the Presby- terian cause from this king, and the Anglican clergy were therefore doubly anxious as to the result of this mission, which was evidently intended to win him over to the support of the Anglican establishment. It pr()ved that Dr. Neville was the right man for this mission. He impressed the king favorably, and was given the as- surance that he (i. c. James) would uphold the govern- ment of the late queen as she had left it. This answer was quite in conformity with king James's recent action in Scotland (see the article Jajiks I in vol. iv). He was inclined to Romanism, but fearing to offend by such an extreme departure, he halted in the Anglican camp, and from henceforth favored Episcopalianism, Neville himself was the frequent recipient of king James's favor. Thus the king, when on a visit to Cambridge in IG15, accepted the hos])itality of Dr. Neville, then at Trinity College. Dr. Neville died in 1615, shortly after king James had visited him. B\' his munificence to Trinity College Dr. Neville has secured to himself the gratitude and admiration of posterity. He expended more tlian i:3000 in rebuilding that tine quadrangle which to this day retains the name of Neville's Court. He was also a contributor to the library of the college, and a bene- factor to Eastbridge Hospital in his native city. See Hook, Eccles. Biog. vii, 402-404 ; Stoughton, Eccles. /list, i, 19; Soames, Elizabethan Peligious llittori/, p, 454, 471-473, 517; Froude, Bist. of Eng. (see Index in vol. xii). (J.H.W.)