14. "Apx<mv, which in the Sept. appears as the ren- dering of all the Hebrew words above cited, in the New Test, is used of earthly princes (Matt, xx, 25; 1 Cor. ii,
6), of Jesus Christ (Rev. i, 5), and of Satan (Matt, ix, 34; xii, 24; Mark iii, 22; John xii, 31; xiv, 30; xvi, 11 ; Eph. ii, 2). On the phrase "prince of the power of the air" in this last passage, see Air.
15. 'Apxnyoc., which in Theodotion is the rendering of X"1 w3 (Numb, xiii, 3 ; xvi, 2) ; and in the Sept. is the rendering of "ifcj (Judg. v, 15; Neh. ii, 9; Isa. xxx. 4), in the New Test, is applied only to our Lord (Acts iii, 15; v, 31; Heb. ii, 10 [A. V. "captain"]; xii, 2 [A.V. "author"]).
1G. 'Hyefiiiiv is used (Matt, ii, 6) in a general sense fox a chief ox ruler. See Governor; King; Ruler.
Prince, John (1), an English divine, was born at Axminster, Devonshire, in 1643 ; was educated at Bra- \ zenose College, Oxford, and became successively curate of Bideford, minister of St. Martin's Church, Exeter, vicar of Totnes, and vicar of Berry-Pomeroy. He died in 1723. He published, Sermons (Lond. 1674, 4to) :— The Beauty of God's House, a Discourse on Psa. Ixxxiv, 1 (1710, 4to) -.—Dammonii Orientates Illustres (1810, 4to) : — Sermons on Psa. exxxvi, 1 (1722, 8vo).
Prince, John (2), an American minister of the Congregational Church, was born at Boston, Mass., in 1751 ; was educated at Harvard College, where he grad- uated in 1776; was ordained minister of the Congrega- tional Church in Salem. Mass., in 1779, and retained that post until his death in 183G. He published, Fast Sermon (Salem, 1798): — Sermon before a Charitable Society (1806): — Sermon on the Death of Dr. Barnard (1814) :— Sermon before the Bible Society (1816). See Sprague, .4 nnals of the Amer. Pulpit, viii, 128 sq. ; and for other references, Allibone, Diet. Brit, and Amer. A uth. s. v.
Prince, Nathan, an American clergyman of the Church of England, was a native of Massachusetts, and was born about the beginning of the last century. He was educated at Harvard College, where he graduated in 1719, in 1723 was made a tutor in his alma mater, in 1727 fellow, and held that honor until 1742. Subse- quently he took orders in the Church of England, was sent as a missionary to the Mosquitos, and died in the island of Ruatan, Bay of Honduras, in 1748. Dr. Chaun- cey, in his Sketches of Eminent Men in New England, says that "Prince deserves a place among the great men in this country." He is the author of an Essay to Solve the Difficulties attending the several Accounts given of the Resurrection, etc. (Boston, 1734, 4to). See Elliot, Biog. Diet. p. 393. n. ; Report of the Mass. Hist. Society. x. 165 ; Pierce, Hist, of Harvard University, p. 191-196 ; Allibone, Diet. Brit, and A me?: A uth. s. v.
Prince, Thomas (1). an American Congrega- tional minister, was born May 15, 1687, at Sandwich, Mass. He graduated at Harvard College in 1707, and after travelling for some years in Europe, during which time he preached in England and was invited to take a station, he returned home in 1717, and was ordained, Oct. 1, 1718, colleague pastor of the Rev. Joseph Sewall at the Old South Church, Boston, where he remained until his death, Oct. 22, 1758. He was an eminent preacher, for his sermons were rich in thought, perspic- uous, and devotional, and he inculcated the doctrines and duties of religion as one who felt their importance. In private life he was amiable and exemplary. It was his constant endeavor to imitate the perfect example of his Master and Lord. He was ready to forgive injuries and return good for evil. He published, An Account of the First Appearance of the Aurora Borealis: — A Chronological History of New England in the Farm <f A nnals (1736) -.—Ditto, vol. ii, Nos. 1, 2, 3 (1755) :— .4 c- count of the English Ministers on Martha's Vineyard (1749): — An Improvement of the Doctrine of Earth- quakes, containing an Historical Summary of the most remarkable Earthquakes of New England (1755): — The Neir Fin/land Psalm-book, revised and improved (1756) : — and a number of occasional Sermons ; besides which
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there were six Sermons published from his MSS. by I >r. Erskine, of Edinburgh 1 1785); and twenty-nine single Sermons which Prince published from 1717 to 1756. Fur an extended notice of his publications, Bee Sewall, Funeral Discourse. A large portion of his most valua- ble library is now in the Boston Public Library. Sec Sprague, Annals of the Amir. Pulpit, i. 304; Allibone, Diet. ofBi-U. and Amer. Authors, -. \.
Prince, Thomas (2), an American writer and ed- r the preceding, was bom in 1722, and was educated at Harvard College, where he graduated in 1740. He edited the earliest American periodical. Tlu Christian History, containing Accounts of tht Revival and Propagation of Religion in Great Britain ami . I mericafor 1743 (Boston, 1744 15, 2 vols. 8vo), which was published weekly. He . li«-il in 171*. See Alli- bone, Did. of Brit, and Amer. Authors, s. v.
Princeps Sacerdotum {chief of priests). This is a title sometimes applied by Tertullian, Augustine, and others to a bishop, bul used in the same sense as archiepiscopus, pontifex maximus, thai i-. high -priest. See Bishop; Priest.