He was ordained in 1656 and served first in Ceylon, where he narrowly escaped being trampled on by an elephant, and later in India, as one of the first Protestant missionaries to visit that country.
הוא הוסמך לכמורה ב ־ ​ 1656, ושירת תחילה בצילון, שם כמעט נרמס על ־ ​ ידי פיל.