Nicolaes Boddingius

He came from a well to do family and his parents operated a private school in Haarlem started by Magdalena's father, the well-known writer and publisher Peeter Heyns.

[1] For most of his life, he lived in Haarlem, where after the death of his parents, sometime before 1628, he took over the school "inde Laurier Boom" which was founded by his grandfather Peeter Heyns around 1593.

In 1655, he was appointed as rector and principal of the Latin school in Helmond, Netherlands, which position he held until 1659.

[1] In that year, through a resolution by the "Raad van State", he was appointed as minister in Bakel, Netherlands.

The apparent essence of both phrases is to identify that the listing of names of ministers is not for the glory of them, but for their service to God.

Portrait of Nicolaas Bodding van Laar at the age of 33
Calligraphy with Greek and Hebrew phrases under the signature of Nicolaes Bodding van Laer in the St. Bavochurch