SAURIN (James), a celebrated protestant minister, was born at Nîmes in 1677. His father, who was a lawyer, retired after the repeal of the edict of Nantz to Geneva, at which place he died; and Saurin quitting his studies, in 1694 made a campaign under lord Galloway, and procured a pair of colours. But when the Duke of Savoy concluded a peace with France, he quitted a profession for which he was not calculated, and resumed his studies at Geneva. In 1700, he visited Holland and England; in which latter country he staid long enough to marry a wife in 1703, and returned to the Hague in 1705. Here he preached with extraordinary applause, and died in 1730. There are 10 vols of his sermons, besides other works, all greatly esteemed.