VINES, Richard, English Puritan divine: b, Blaston, Leicesteashire, about 1600; d. Lon don, 4 Feb. 1656 Educated at Magdalen Col-. lege, Cambridge, he was instituted to the rectory, of Weddington, Warwickshire, 11 March 1628,: and in 1630 to that of Caldecote also. He gained considerable, fame as ,a preacher, and his first sermon before the Commas (30 Nov. 1642) increased it. In 1643 he •was placed in the rectory of Saint Clement Dane's, and in 1644 made master of Pembrolce Hall, Cambridge. He resigned Saint,Clenent Dane's on presentation to the rectory of Winton, Hertfordshire. At the Westminster Assembly he was a member of tht committee for draftieg a confession of faith (1645). In 1649 he refused allegiance to a government without a kiag or House of Lot*, and was thereupon removed from Pembroke and the rectory. of Watton: From 1650 lie' was minister of Saint Lawrence Tel.vry, London. HE was styled the "English Luther," was greatly learned and favored a modified episcopacy. He published some. individual sermons and others were posthumously collected in such vol umes as ('Iletocipxi, Obedience to Magistrates' (1656), and 'A Treatise on the Institution of the Lord's Supper> (1657).
VINET, Alexandre Rodolphe, Swiss theologian: b. Orchy, near Lausanne, 17 June 1797; d. Clarens, Switzerland, 4 May 1847. He studied for the Protestant ministry in which he was ordained in 1819, having previously been appointed, when only 20, professor of French language and literature at the gym nasium of Basel, In 1829 he published his 'Clirestomathie Francaise,' comprising a valu able survey of French literature. Subsequently
he was a prolific contributor to the journal Le Scniettr, and in 18.37 published a selection of essays written for it under the title 'Essais de I'hilosophie Morale.' In the year last men tioned he accepted the chair of practical the ology in the academy at Lausanne, but gave it tip in 1845, and seceded from the national church, holding the principle that there should be no connection between church and state. His VICWS on this subject were enforced in his (Essai sur la Manifestation des Convictions Religieuses, et sur la Separation de l'ftglise et de l'Etat) (1842). As a preacher Vinct was noted for eloquence and earnestness, qualities which also form the distinguishing character istics of his writings. In addition to those al ready referred to may be mentioned his 'Dis cours sur quelques Subjets Religieux) and 'Nouveaux Discours,' selections from both of which have been published in English, under the title of 'Vital Christianity' ; 'Btudes Evan geliques> and 'Nouvelles ttudes Evangeliques,' translated into English as 'Gospel Studies.) His 'Histoire de la Litterature Francaise au XVIII Siecho ; and 'Btudes sur la Litterature Franeaise XIX SiCele' display considerable critical insight.