DRELINCOURT, CHARLES, an eminent Calvinistic divine, was born in July 1595 at Sedan, where his father was register to the supreme council. After officiating for some time as Protestant pastor at Langres, he removed in 1620 to Paris, where he was settled in the church of Charenton. He is best known in England by his Catechism and Consolations against the Fears of Death, works which have been translated and frequently reprinted. His controversial works, which are directed chiefly against the claims of the Papacy, are numerous, and include the Ju-
bilee, the Roman Combat, the Jesuit's Ouel, an Answer to Father Coussin, Disputes with the Bishop of Bellai, an Answer to Lamielietière, Dialogues against the Missionaries, the False Pastor convicted, the False Face of Antiquity, the Pretended Nullities of the Reformation, an Answer to Prince Ernest of Hesse, an Answer to the Speech of the Archbishop of Sens, Defence of Calvin, the Abridgment of Controversies, and other works. He married the daughter of a rich merchant at Paris, by whom he had sixteen children. His third son, professor of physic at Leyden, was physician to the prince and princess of Orange before their accession to the crown of England. Drelincourt died in November 1660.