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Gen&sa ^ wlrichcir € un ^ tatltia {^ y ^ elatfici inr seef . 3 ^ 3 e ^ dhttits ^ m shocking saen $ jo € itij * istid £ ^ ai § d CEuehy ^ ire which Calvm appears , tlnrau gha « t the zprin tipal - actor . In : s *? fc& 4 ^ we find the ar ticle&
> v 1 iich . Oateiny ; salfccted fro * n the books of Servetus with a view to criminate him , \ and the Dr / s answer . c $ In drawing tip these articles it is easy to perceive : " as
Mf « HLjiifitly observes , ( p . 192 . ) <; Calvin rather acts the part of a partial reporter ^ who is anxious to crimkiate > * th ^ K of-a faithfu l eopieftfc who states fuirly what another Has written / - Servetirs ' s
petitions to Jiis judges form the ne %% < section ; Reduced to poyerby and misery , languishing out hisi days 5 and nights Amidst the damps and gloom of a prison , infested with vermin , in sk ; Protestant- « ity r Jie petitions for
relief , but , us this * writer says , ( p . 212 ); , C ( r his petitions were a « fruLtl ( GSs ? ofMK ho wJed out to the winds : his < croel persecutors were not to te-raaved by any eonsiderations
of either justijos or compassion ; bigotry had steeled their hearts . ' In the nextsecL Mr , W . grves the cotresp ^ Rfd ^ n ce between CaUin , the magistrates pf Geneva , and other tef 0 rttiied-i » inisters And
tnagiatrat ^ , on the case of Servetus ; whichsbowshovf totally ignorant of « the nattiTPeof Christian liberty ? qnd desututc ofKChrisliah ^ fia ri ly the Jeafii-og rjprate ^^ nts at that tinie vfcefce ^ , Miri / i W- x leaves th ^
residcr to make 1 >* 8 own reniartcs pnthis cdvreapon ^ dnce , ftftertoki ; i ^ oiuvqiFtstioii . > If die Spirit i t tiiscweH he nthe spirit ^ Prefb fci ^ ationV Avhat i « the spi rit' ^^ f Popci ^ t ?^^ tt ] h « iiA ^ i : ^ e ^ tl ^ 'i i ^ ftw f ai ^ s th ^ ipro < jesB df # ^ uj ^ iig ( iiiik Z& ZUyJ'ii . 'lH U \ L /' , l \ . JUT iS'Jj V * ' :
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Sei ^^» si anti - fli e ^ t ^ icfe tljr whfeh - \ & > ^ Was ^ d ^ Ssmn ^ l te fee ^ bifeFiitWliv ^ v witte swit&ble r ^ ma ^ kt on each : a process and senteif ^ er which majn ^ vfe--M& 4 h £ s £ <> f which the P ^ pi ^ fc bMh <^ p s of the
same age w ^ pe th £ ekeciiibte hu + th <^ rs . S ^ rvetns ^ fl ^ mg * sp ^ fedt forms anuthep s ^ cde © # . Ttite ^ ari tide is the nrare im ^ i ^^ t- ^ li exhibits the > &ooiribe ^ in def ^ B ^ e of which fee ^ became * a ^ ittefctfffi * . The last sectv described ^^ thela ^ t act of this tragedy ^ lwfiich r ^ # a § performed -at ^ Geftevay &ii the
27 th of October ^ I 5 i" 3 . ^« ^© r f this day ? * ' sa ^ s the author ? { p ^ 25 < 5 *) < c witji raany ^ nu ^ ^ i ^^ ciiinstances * the ^ entOT ^ e was «; ex-r eq-uted , to the encotn ^ agetn eni <» f Catholic cruelty , to the scandal of the reformation , to the offence
of all justiin ^ n and to the ^ vec ^ lasting disgrace of those ecclesiastical tyrants ^ who wei ^ e the chief instruments of siielx a wild and harbarousdeed . *^ , ~ ^ ,: ^ -
In chap * ' 4 . Mr . W # enters the lists with those who enrfravbdl ^ ^ palliate orthodox cruel ^ y ^ . ^ ad proves that persecuti on ^ hy- y jh ^ t ^ ever party practisfil , is , u t ^ ef iy ., indefensible * Calvin ^ nd ; lii 3 $$ - * ^ sociates ,. to justif y tlie murd er jnj Servetns , attempt ^ * Q proyeibs ^ . heretics ought to be put fp death , by the civil magistrate ^! This mur- { derous doctrine ^ 'Mr . , ^^^!^^!^ by arguments ^ hic ^ ^ po ^ c ? ^^ sisted , where ; the , ^ Qiqe ; of truth-, i
^ regarded a ^^ njc ipi ^ ^ p ^ J ^ - ^ af * -- ^ ^ TB ^^ ft 8 ift ; i dominion ovp ^ co ^ c ^ ucg % ^ ftlf , son ^ gain ^ : s ^ ci ^ ^ 4 ^ ^ v * - . ^^ "W 't ^ fiaa : ? & ^ t ? i ^) W ) al soart orkt 10 , bf Mt , Vv . on his martvr ^ m , We eatli ^ uUl ^ hietf iscp aiit ^ ' ^'
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1807, page 37, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2376/page/37/
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