Renesse, Lri'wi.. Gerard van, a Patch ascetic author, was bom at Breda, May 11. 1599. As an evan- gelical minister he preached at Maerssen, in the province of Utrecht. In 1638 he was called to Breda, where he founded a college, of which he was the tir.-t director and of theology. The University of < txford con- ferred upon him the degree of doctor of theology. lb' was a tine linguist, and corresponded with the most cel- ebrated theologians of his time. His principal works are. Painted ./< zebel (1654) : — Treatises on tin < 'or,-. .1 u- thority, and Duty of Elders in the Church (1659 64): and Meditations on religious subjects. These are all written in Flemish. — lloefer, your. I
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Rennell, Thomas (1), P.P.. an English clergy- man, was born in 17.~>4. and was educated at Eton and at King's College, Cambridge. He became curate of Barnack, and prebendary of Winchester (resigned 1797); r.ctor ,-t' St Magnus's, London Fridge, in 1792; master of the Temple from 1797 to 1827 ; dean of Winchester in 1805; r. etor of Alton. Hants, in 1809; vicar of Barton Stacey. Hants, in 1814 He died in 1840. He published, am (Lond. 17:':: 98), and a volume i f Dis- courses (ibid. 1801). Mr. Pitt styled him "the Demos- the pulpit." See Allibone. Did. of Brit, and .1 m, r. A uthors, s. v. ; Darling. Cyclop. BObUogr. s. v.
Rennell, Thomas (2), D.D., a learn. .1 English di- vine, son of the above, was born at Winchester in 17o'7, and was educated at Eton and at King's Coll
He became Christian advocate at Cambridge and vicar of Kensington in 1816; and master of St. Nicholas's Hospital and prebendary of Salisbury in 1823. lie died in 1824. Mr. Rennell was one of the i and contributors to the (Eton) Miniaturi and i!.- Critic, and a contributor to the Museum Criiicum. He published, Palt ntes Morbi: — Animadversions o tarian Version oftlu New Test. (1811, 8vo):- o» Scepticism (1819, l2mo; 6th ed. 1824 Inspiration, etc. (1822, 8vo):- v ■ d. Lond.
1831, 8vo). See Allibone. J'irr. of Brit. ,n,<l A . -. v.: Darling. ' . -. v.
Renniger, or Rhanger, Michael, was born in Hampshire, l-V.".'. and was educated at, and a fellow of, Magdalen College, Oxford. He embraced the princi- ples of the Reformation, resided chiefly at Strasburg during the r.i_ni of Mary, and was made chaplain to Elizabeth on her accession. He became prebendary of Winchester in 1560, precentor and prebendary of Lincoln in 1567, archdeacon of Winchester in 1575, and preben- dary of St. Paul's, in 1583. lie died Aug. 26, 1609, and was buried in the church of Crawley, lie wrote: Cur-
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mina in Mortem Duorum Fratrum (Lond. 1552, 4to) : — I,, /■;; r a Gregoru XIII Fvroribus contra Elizabeth- am Begvnam Anglice (1582, 8vo) : — Exhortation to TVa* Love, Loyally, and Fidelity to Her Majesty (1587, 8vo): — Syntagma /lortatiom/m ad Jacobum Begem AngUte (1604, 8vo;:— Translation front Latin of Bishop Poy- neCs Apology or Defend, of Pi tests' Marriage. See Al- libone, Diet, of Brit, and A mer. A uth. s. v.
Renou, Jean Baptistk, a French Orientalist, was born at Angers. He entered the Congregation of the Oraton-, and was superior of the convent of the order at Laon, where he died Dec. 26, 1701. Two of his post- humous works may be mentioned : Method? pour ap- prendre facilernent les Langues Hebratque et Ckaldaique (Paris, 1708): — and a Dictiormaire Hebratque (ibid. 1709). — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generate, s. v.
Renoult, Jkah Baptiste, a French controver-ial- ist, was born about 1664 Alter passing four years in the order of the Cordeliers, he laid aside his habit, em- braced Protestantism, and in 1695 went to London, where he openly taught Calvinism. He served the parish of Hungerford (1706), then that of the Pyramid (1710;. and was finally called to Ireland. The date of his death is unknown. His works are, Le Vrai Tableau du Pa- phme (Lond. 1698) : — Taxe de la ChanceUerie Romaine ( ibid. 1701) i— Les A ventures de la Madonna et de Fran- cois '/'.1 ssise (Amst. 1701) v—L'A ntiquite et la Perpetuite de la Religion Protestante (ibid. 1703; Geneva. 1737; Neufchatel, 1821): — Histoire des Variations de VEgUse Gallicane (Amst. 1703). See Haag Brothers, La France Protestante. — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gene
Renovation. Those who hold to baptismal re- generation make a distinction between renovation and regeneration. " Regeneration,'' says Dr. Hook, " comes only once in or through baptism : renovation exists be- fore, in, and after baptism, and may be often repeated."' Renovation takes up the work of regeneration, daily re- newing the person in God's grace. Another difference between regeneration and renovation is usually made by Calvinistic theologians, that regeneration once given can never be totally lost any more than baptism, and so can never need to be repeated in the whole; where- as renovation may be totally lost. See Regenera- tion.
Renshaw, Richard, a Presbyterian minister, was born in Manchester, England, April 1, 1776. He re- ceived a fair education, which was improved by foreign travels, an account of which was published in Manches- ter in 1804. He entered the ministry as a Wesleyan. and began preaching in 1808 among the New Connec- tion Methodists, but afterwards became an Independent. He emigrated to America in 1856, and in 1858 was ad- mitted as a member of the Iowa Valley Presbytery. His extreme age prevented him from taking a Church, though he was willing to preach whenever opportunity offered. He died Sept. 5, 1859. Mr. Renshaw was a man of great decision of character and of undoubted piety. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1861, p. 163. (J. L. S.)