JAMES, an eminent Protestant divine, born at Nay in Bern in 1654; first educated there under the famous John la Placette, and afterwards at the university of Sedan, from whence he went into Holland and Germany, and was minister in the French church of Berlin. He left that place in 1690; came into England; was some time minister in the French church in the Savoy, Lon- don; and was made dean of Killala in Ireland. He was strongly attached to the cause of King William, as appears in his elaborate defence of the Revolution, and his History of the Assassination Plot. The materials for the last were furnished by the secretaries of state. He had great natural abilities, which he improved by useful learn- ing. He was a most zealous defender of the primitive doc- trine of the Protestants, as appears by his writings; and that strong nervous eloquence for which he was so remark- able, enabled him to enforce the doctrines of his profes- sion from the pulpit with great spirit and energy. He possessed uncommon powers of memory. It is said that he composed his works without committing any part to writing, till they were wanted for the press. He died in London in 1727, after his return from a tour in Hol- land. He published several works in French that were much esteemed; the principal of which are, A Treatise on the Truth of the Christian Religion; The Art of Know- ing one's Self; A Defence of the British Nation, that is, of the Revolution 1688; the Deity of Jesus Christ essen- tial to the Christian Religion; The History of the last Conspiracy in England, called the Assassination Plot, writ- ten by order of King William III.; and the Triumph of Providence and Religion, or the opening the Seven Seals by the Son of God.