Witsius, Hermann (1636-1708): Hermanni Witsii, Meletemata Leidensia. Quibus continentur Praelectiones de Vita et Rebus Gestis Pauli Apostoli. Ne non Dissertationum Exegeticarum Duodecas. Denique Commentarius in Epsitolam Judae Apostoli. Lugd. Batavorum, Apud. Jordanum Luchtmans, 1703. Collation: [blank], *4, **2, A4-I4, K4-T4, V4-Z4, Aa4-Ii4, Nest Section: Dissertationes Selectae, Maximam Partem Exegeticae. Kk4-Tt4, Vv4-Zz4, Aaa4-Iii4, Kkk4-Ttt4, Vvv4-Yyy4, Zzz2, [blank]. Rebound in paper boards with recreation of period swirl colors often used. Blanks are new. 4to. Very nice and tight binding that will last for many hundreds of years. Interior is bright and clean with chapter colophons and printing is sharp. A very nice book about the life of the Apostle Paul with frequent Greek text references and translated to Latin. H. Witsius, born in Holland, (1636-1708). He studied under Gisbertus Voetius, Johannes Hoornbeeck, Andreas Essenius, and Samuel Maresius. Pastored churches in Westwoud, Wormeren, Goesen and Leedwarden; served as professor of theology at Franeker (during which he wrote his famous 'Economy of the Divine Covenants between God & Man'), Utrecht, and Leyden. In 1685, appointed chaplain to the Dutch embassy for the court of James II of England, during which he was invited to serve as moderator in the great Antinomian-Neonomian Controversy. Although 42 libraries are showing the book, 16 have actual copies. A later edition is more widely owned and was printed in 1717 and 1739. Libraries that own copies of this First Edition rare book are: Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, New York Historical Society, New York Public Library, Trinity College, Yale University, Amherst College, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Harvard University-Divinity School, Princeton University, Pennsylvania State University, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, University of Pennsylvania, Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, University of Toronto, McGill University.. Hermann Witsius (Herman Wits or in Latin Hermannus Witsius) (February 12, 1636 - October 22, 1708), Dutch theologian, was born at Enkhuizen, North Holland, and studied at Groningen, Leiden and Utrecht. He studied under Gisbertus Voetius, Johannes Hoornbeeck, Andreas Essenius, and Samuel Maresius. He was ordained in the ministry, becoming the pastor of Westwoud in 1656 and afterwards at Wormeren, Goesen, and Leeuwaarden, and became professor of divinity successively at the University of Franeker in 1675 (during which he wrote his famous 'Economy of the Divine Covenants between God & Man'), and then at the University of Utrecht in 1680. In 1685, appointed chaplain to the Dutch embassy for the court of James II of England, during which he was invited to serve as moderator in the great Antinomian-Neonomian Controversy. In 1698 he was appointed to the University of Leiden as the successor of the younger Friedrich Spanheim (1632-1701), where he died.