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the feef. About ten miles from tlie three churches, in the road toTeflis, there, are pits or quarries of fossile salt, which yield enoughto supply all Persia without being exhausted.

ARMENTIERS, a town of France in the department of theNorth, 8 miles N. W. of Lisle,

ARMIERS, a town of France , in the department of theNorth, 20 miles S. of M'ons.

ARMIGER, a title of dignity, belonging to such gentlemen asbear arms.

ARMILAUSA, in antiquity 7 , a short military coat, reachingdown only 7 to the knee.

Armilausa, in ecclesiastical writers, the scapular of monksand canons. It is vulgarly called patience.

ARMILLARY Sphere, an artificial sphere , composed of anumber of circles, representing the several circles of the mun-dane sphere, put together in their natural order, to ease and as-sist the. imagination in conceiving the constitution of the heavens,and the motions of the celestial bodies. See-Plate X. fig. 4. Itturns upon its axis P p, within the horizon II O, which is dividedinto degrees, and moveable every way, upon a brass supporter.E Q. represents the equinoctial, and A B the zodiac, which is abroad circle divided into degrees, and into twelve equal parts,marked with the twelve signs °p, y , n, &c. l'Q p E, is themeridian, likewise divided into degrees. The other parts are thetwo tropics, and two polar circles, which are delineated in thefigure.

Armillary Trigonometer, an instrument'first contrived byMr. Mungo Murray, and improved by Mr. Ferguson, consistingof live semicircles; viz. meridian, vertical circle, horizon, hour-circle, and equator; serving expeditiously to resolve many pro-blems in astronomy, dialling, and spherical trigonometry. Forthe drawing, description, and method of using it, ;see Ferguson’sTracts, p. 80, &c.

ARMILLATI Milites, those who wore bracelets on theirleft arms bestowed on them by their generals, or emperors; alsosoft and effeminate soldiers, who wore bracelets on their arms,as marks of their mppery.

ARMINGS, in a ship, the same with wasteclothes, beingclothes hung about the outside of the ship’s upper works fore andaft, and before the cubbridge heads. Some are also hung roundthe tops, called top-armings.

ARM IN IANS, a religious sect, which arose in Holland , by aseparation from the Calvinists . They followed the doctrine ofArminius , who, thinking the doctrine of Calvin, with regard tofree-will, predestination, and grace, anti-scriptural, began to ex-press his doubts concerning them in the year 1391 ; and upon far-ther inquiry adopted sentiments more nearly resembling those ofthe Lutherans than of the Calvinists . The distinguishing tenetsof the Arminians relating to predestination, universal redemption,the corruption of man, conversion, and perseverance, are, 1. ThatGod will bestow salvation on those who persevere unto the endm their faith in Christ Jesus ; -and will inflict everlasting punish-ments on those who continue in their unbelief, and resist unto theend his divine succours: so that election is conditional, andreprobation in like manner the result of infidelity and perse-vering wickedness. 2. That Jesus Christ , by his sufferings anddeath, made an atonement for the sins of all mankind in general,and of each individual in particular; that, however, none hutthose who believe in him can he partakers of this divine benefit.3. That true faith cannot proceed from the exercise of our naturalfaculties and powers, nor troin the force and operations of freewill;since man, in consequence of his natural corruption, is incapableeither of thinking or doing any good thing; ami that therefore itis necessary, in order to his conversion and salvation, that lie beregenerated and renewed by 7 the operation of the Holy Ghost,who produces and accomplishes in him this faith, which is thegift of God through Jesus Christ . 4. That this divine grace, orenergy of the Holy Gho.t, begins and perfects every thing thatcan be called good in man, and consequently all good works areto be attributed to God alone; that nevertheless, this grace is of-fered to all, and does not force men, to act against their incli-nation, but may be resisted and rendered ineffectual by the per-verse will of tbe impenitent sinner. Some modern Arminians in-terpret this and the last article with a greater latitude. S.That God gives to believers the means of persevering in this state; and thattiie regenerate may lose true justifying faith, forfeit their slate of

grace, and die in their sins. The Arminians are alsocalled Remon-strants, from an humble petition entitled their Remonstrance,which, in the year 1610, they addressed to the States of Holland.Their principal writers are, Arminius, Episcopius, Vorstius , Gro-tius, Curcelkeus, Limborch , Le Clerc, and Wetstein; but it is tobelamented some of these writers have leaned (on some importantpoints) to the tenets of Socinus .

ARMINIUS, James, a Dutch divine, was born at Otide-water, in 1360. He lost his father in his infancy 7 . He studied atLeyclen, Geneva, and Padua. In 1588 he was ordained, andbecame a popular preacher. About this time Lydius, theologicalprofessor at Franeker , desired him to refute a piece which hadbeen written against Beza on predestination, by some divines atDelft. In studying this point Arminius became a convert to theopinion which he was employed to confute. In 1603 he was ap-pointed professor of divinity at Leyden; where his lectures madea great noise, and brought oil' many from the rigid doctrineswhich had hitherto prevailed on the divine decrees. His greatadversary was Gomarus, 'with whom he held several conferences.In 1607 ne wrote an apology to the elector palatine, respectingtlie disputes in which he was engaged on the controverted points.It is supposed that these dissensions occasioned the illness ot whichhe diet! in 1609. Arminius was a very learned, pious, and elo-quent man, and remarkable for tbe evenness of his temper. Hismotto was, “ A good conscience is a paradise.” The curators ofthe university of Leyden had so great a regard for him, that theysettled a pension upon his widow and children. He left severalworks, viz. L Disputationes dediversisChvistianac lleligionis Capi-tibus. 2. Orationes, itemque Tractatus insigniores aliquot. 3.Exanten modesti Libelli Gulielmi Perkinsii de PraedestinationisModo et Ordine, itemque deAmplitudine Gratix divinac. 4. Ana-lysis Capitis noni ad Romanos. 5. Dissertatio de vero et ge-nuino Sensu Capitis septimi Epistolx ad Romanos. 6. Arnica Col-lado cum D. Francisco Junto de Pnedestinatione per Literas ha-bita. 7. Epistola ad Ilippolytum a Collibus.” His works werepublished at Frankfort, in one vol. quarto, 1631.

ARM IRQ,, a sea-port town of Macedonia , 30 miles N. W. ofNegropont.

ARMISTICE, [ armistilium , Lai.] a short truce ; a cessationof arms for a short time.

ARMOISIN, a silk stuff, or kind of taflety, manufactured inthe East Indies, at Lyons in France, and at Lucca in Italy . Thatof the Indies is slighter than those made in Europe .

ARMORIAL , belonging to the arms or escutcheon of a family,as ensigns armorial.

AltSlORIC Language, the language used among the inha-bitants of Britany. The French usually call this language Bas-breton. It is a dialect of the Welch, and a kin to the Cornish language. The inhabitants of Britany, of Cornwall , and ofWales , formerly under:food each other; though considerable di-versities have crept in since their separation, and the old Cor-nish language is now extinct,

ARMORICA, the ancient name of the whole northern and.western coast of Gaul, from the Pyreneans to the Rhine ; underwhich name it was known even in Cxsar’s time. The word is.compi ended cf ar, upon, and mor, sea.

ARMORY, a warehouse of arms, or a place, where the mili-tary habiliments are kept, to be ready for use.

Armory, is also a branch of the science of heraldry, consisting,in the knowledge of coats of arms, as to their blazons and variousintendments. See Heraldry.

ARMOUR, a defensive habit, to secure the body from theattacks of an enemy. In ancient statutes it is frequently calledharness. The parts of armour are, the buckler, cuirass, helmet,coat of mail, gantlet, &c. A complete armour anciently con-sisted of a casque or helm, a gorget, cuirass, gantlets, lasses, bras-sets, cuishes, and covers for the legs, to which the spurs werefa-tened. This they called armour cap-a-pie ; and was the habitof the cavaliers and men at arms. The infantry had only part ofit; viz. a pot or head-piece, a cuirass, and tasses; but all light.Lastly, the horses themselves had armour to cover the head andneck/ Of ail this furniture of war, scarcely any thing is now re-tained except the cuirass; the gorget or neck-piece, worn by of-ficers, beiijg at present only a badge of honour, and of no de-fence.

Armour, Coat , is the escutcheon of any person, or family,

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