Perronet, Vincent, an English divine of the 18th century, noted for his association with the Wes- leys, and the service he rendered to Methodism in the days of its first establishment, was born of Swiss- French parentage about 1700. He was educated at Oxford University. After taking holy orders, he was given the parish of Sandwich, Kent, where he re- mained about nine J'ears, when he was presented to the vicarage of Shoreham. While in this position, two of his sons (Charles and Edward), who were stu- dents at Oxford, became intimately associated with the Wesleys, their classmates. Thus the vicar of Shore- ham himself conceived a lively interest in the Oxford movement, and wlien in 1746 John Weslej' met vicar Perronet, lie found in him a true friend, a warm ad- mirer, and a most confidential counsellor. Charles W'esley called him the " archbishop of Methodism." He welcomed the travelling evangelists into his own church, though his parishioners mobbed them. When Charles Wesley first appeared in his pulpit, they "roared, stamped, blasphemed, rang the bells, and turned the church into a bear-garden." Their hostil- it)' was subdued, however, and when John Wesley ar- rived, soon after, he preached witliout interruption. Perronet adopted their strongest views of personal re- VII.— P r p
ligion, and wrote several pamphlets in defence of Meth- odism, and even went so far in his enthusiasm as to send forth this declaration: "I make no doubt that Methodism is designed by Providence to introduce the approaching millennium." Wesley dedicated to him the Plain A ccoiint of the People called Methodists. For nearly forty years the vicarage of Shoreham was a frequent and endeared refuge to both the great leaders, and the Shoreham church virtually a Methodist cliapel. Vicar PeiTonet died May 9, 1785. He was a man of saintly piety, and " was entitled on various accounts," says a Calvinistic Methodist authorit}-, " to a conspicu- ous place among the brightest ornaments of the Chris- tian Church in the last century" (Life and Times of the Countess of Huntingdon, i, 387). He published .1 Vin- dication of John Locke from the Charge of giving En- couragement to Scepticism (Lond. 1736, 8vo) : — A Sec- ond Vindication (1738, 8vo): — Some Enquiries chief g re'ating to Spiritual Beings (Lond. 1740, 8vo): — An Affectionate Address to the People called Qualers (ibid. 1747, 8vo), and his defences of Methodism (1740-53). See Jackson, Centenary of Methodism, ch. v ; Wesleyan Mag. 1858, p. 484 ; Stevens, Jlist. of Methodism, i, 25 sq. ; ii, 259 sq.. (J.H.W.)
Parrot, Charles, a Protestant minister, was born in 1541. He was the son of a counsellor in the Parlia- ment of Paris, but embraced the Reformed doctrines and retired to Geneva, where he was provided with a place as pastor in 15G7. Besides, he ably fulfilled the duties of rector of the academj' and professor of theol- ogy. What rendered him especially commendable was the courage with which he preached religious tol- erance. He died in Geneva Oct. 15, 1608. He be- came suspected by the theologians of the Calvinistic school, who persuaded the council to forbid the print- ing of the works which he had composed, among oth- ers the treatises Be la. Foi and De extremis in Ecclesia Vitandis. — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Genera'e, s. v.
Perrot, John, a preaciicr of tlie Society of the Friends, noted as a schismatic, flourished in the 17th centur}'. He was an associate of George Fox f >r a while, but differing from that good man, Perrot, with a number of followers, branched off into an indepen- dent relation. He was an eccentric man, and inaugu- rated man}' impracticable measures. Thus, e. g., he went to Rome " to convert the pope," and was impris- oned by the Inquisition at Rome. While in confine- ment he wrote Epistles to the Romnns, of which South- ey says, "This book is the most frantic I ever saw." See South' y's Life and Corresp. ch. ix.
Perrot, Paul, Sieur de La Salle, nephew of Charles Perrot, was a writer who flourished in the 16th centu- ry. He was educated at O.xford, and published several works which testify to his great piety. Of these we mention, Lm Gigitntomachie, ou Combat de tons les Arts et Sciences (Middleburg, 1593, Svo):— Tableaux sacres (Frankf. 1594, Svo), extracts from tiie Old Testament in verse: — and Le Tresor de Salomon, en Quatrains et Sonnets (Rotterdam, 1594, 12mo). According to Bayle, he had worked upon the famous Catholicon d'Es- pagiie. One of his sons was the translator, Nicolas Perrot. See Bayle, Diet. Hitt. et Crit. ; Patru, Vie de Perrot d'Ahlancourt, in his CEuvres; Senebier, Hist. Litter, de Geneve ; Haag, La France Protestante. — Hoe- fer, Nouv. Biog, Generale, xxxix, 652.
Perry, Benjamiir Franklin, a minister of the Jlcthodist Episcojjal Church, South, was born of pious parentage in Talbot Co., Ga., Feb. 13, 1836. He was early converted, and dedicated himself to the service of God. In 1853 he became a student at Emory Col- lege, Va., where he graduated in 1855, taking the first honor of his class, and about that time he was licensed to preach. In 1856 be received his first ap()ointment ii. the Texas Conference. In 1H61 he filled the Austin Station with great credit to himself. At ihe outbreak of the civil war he determined, after removing his family