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      Sketch Of The Life Of Servetits , In Xet...

      SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF SERVETITS , IN XETTEUS TO THE EZY JEDEDIAH MORSE , D . D . LETTER III .

      Dec. 9, 1807. Dear And Respected Sir, Ho...

      Dec . 9 , 1807 . Dear and respected Sir , Homer ' s lamentation , that ma * ny of his cotemporaries could not

      perform , what one accomplished in the days of old , has often struck me , when I beheld a Grotius , eminent in ancient and modern

      literature , in divinity , in law , a great statesman , a first-rate politician , a lawyer of the highest class , a pure and elegant pattern of Latin poesy among the moderns , and an able apologist of the Christian revelation ; when I admired a

      Calvin ' s various accomplishments , as a scholar , as a modest interpreter of the Scriptures , as a bold reformer of a deeply-corrupted church , and the classical elegance

      of his voluminous and precious writings , which will remain as long as solid learning , acute judgment , and Christian virtues , shall be revered < I cannot resist

      the temptation , Sir of enlarging on the praises of that great man , * even in a Sketch of the unfortunate Servetus : and God knows alone , to what length of blind submission and implicit reverence

      to his dictates his followers might have been induced to go , had divine goodness not permitted this foil to his virtues , as a thorn in the flesh , to stamp the mark of fallibility and frailty even on Jphn Calvin .

      Dec. 9, 1807. Dear And Respected Sir, Ho...

      Though Servetus was far inferior to Calvin in many regards , as a scholar principally , yet Ser * vetus was not a common man . — What ! why should I use disguise in a letter to you , Sit ? Servetus had , indeed , uncommon talents ; excelled in various branches of

      science ; and the encomiums bestowed on him by Calvin , Me . lanchton , CEcolampadius , in their letters , and the honours and gifts with which his exertions were

      crowned in France , might occasion giddiness in more modest , more diffident heads , than that of Servetus . But let me retake my task .

      Servetus returned a while to Lyons , to superintend again the press of Melchu and Casp . Trechsel . Through his care was published , in 1535 , Cl . Ptolemeei Geogr . Narrat * lib - viii . In adorning this edition , Servetus had

      compared the text with ancient MSS . and corrected various passages * * He had illustrated the most difficult with annotations , and explained the antiquated names of places , together with the customs and manners of the

      inhabitants , according to tta fashion of that day among the learned . The second augmented and corrected edition of this work was published in 154-2 . f From this edition of Ptolemseus

      * Thy dictioji attic , elevated and just thy sentiments , thy , morals pure , says Ed . Lewis ; learned , ingenious , penetrating , and of sound judgment . Not acquainted with books ^ lpne , and theological disputes , but knowing men ; above the views of wealth ?; resolved , Steady , indefatigable : showing what a genius and industry can do , in a few years and in bad health . The Sacr . a Plain and R # glottal Institution , p . 83 . ¦ f Mosheim , 6 % xxu . c .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1810, page 222, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02051810/page/6/