Charles, an eminent Calvinistic divine, was born in July 1595 at Sédan, 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-