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    2 . The beginning of the 6 th arid 7 th book , in the manner of a dialogue bptween Feter a . nd Michael ^ runs thus : " If Christ .

    now appearing again , declared himself . God ' s Son ,, our . sophists woulcl again c ^ qcify liim . It is one thing—one Christ—o ^ e being- —one Sort : their supposed suppoziiitiym is the sophistic idi *

    omai * d an invisible illusion . Their salvation is a * i illusion , an illiasion the death of that' invisible . being . The sophisms of the idiorna ta are sacrilegious } by which an ang ^ ] is said to die within the hide

    ot an ass , and the Holy Ghost to die iri a mule . " * $ . Sirvetus thus concludes his treatise oh the signs of the ami-Christ : u Whoever truly believes that the pope is th ^ antichrist , does also ; believe truly that the papistic trinity , infant baptism , and other ; sacraments pjf popery , are diabolical doctrines . ''f

    It is said that as soon as Calvin received , this book from Servetus , he sent his letters to Vienne , with such heavy * criminations against him , that Servetus was thrown into prison in that city . If you consult Cbapelle , t then Calvin

    nuist be cleared of this imputation . Ca | vin § denies it viz . that he did it himself ; but , if we give credit to L ^ Roche and Mosh ^ im and Bockius ; it we compare recorded facts with Calvin ' s own words :

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    then the fact seems to admit no doubt . It is true , Calvin denies it ,, and calls it a calumny ^ but adds , u that , if it with truth could be ol >*

    j $ cte < 2 , hp should have no reasons to deny it ; Us who would not dissiinulate , thatt through him ( me auctore } it was brought forward , that he was taken at Gentrva , and brought to justice /*}! It may be true , that Calvin did not send the letters of Servetus to Viemie , before

    the magistrate of tha , t cjjy required them , but then it seems incoiitestable , that the . magistrate had before been warned to beware of Servetus ; When you will take the trouble to compare Mqsheiin ' s proofs with La ChapelleV asse r * tions , you will not question if

    Chap < 4 lt » s gopd . intentions to exculpate his tutelar saint were pot stronger than hi 3 arguments ; and his candour would have compelled him to give u _ p his cause , had he seen the statement of this case fay Bockius .

    It is true , that Calvin left nothing utitried to m ^ ke Serveti ^ B every where suspected odious . After Servetus had left BasiJ , Calvih

    wrote directly to the ministers . wrote directly to tne ministers , at Frankfort on the JVIain , thqit Servetua fled irom Germany ^ and skulked in France und ^ r a ikti - tious name . ' *

    It was loiig time unknown in France , that Villanovanus and

    * Si Christus hodie veniens iterum predicaret se esse filttim © eS , iteruth Sophist * nostri cum enwiifigerent . Res tiua est , Christus unus , ens unuui ; 61 iUs unus , Tp * . sornm suppoi itum suppo&ititipm cst idioma sophistkum ct invL ^ ibilis Ulnsio . Pr « - . * tigiosa e » t eorum earns , ct praesti g ibsa mors illius invislbili * rci . ^ Sacrilcga * un& idiomatum sophismata per quac dickur angclus intra peiletp asihimori ; ct Sp . S , in ttiulo-mori . ' - - ¦ ¦ " ¦ • } < -1 -: ¦ 1 ; ' - . " - '•" ' " + jQui 8 qul $ + cte credit papam cssc antichristuto , ver « qunqne crbdft vl&puticirt trinitatem , p » do-baptismum , ct alia papatus sacramenta csse doctHnas mmbpai ]^ 4 Bifclioth-. Rai $ . torn . i . $ p . cfiit . crrpr . Setvcii , p . 4595 , y JBp . ad Sulccrym , 9 th Sept . ip Ep . Calvini , p . 156 , p . iy 4 »

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    VOL . V , ^ H

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    Qketqh oj ' the Lift of Servcfm .- ~ Le ( Jer 5 . 32 t >

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1810, page 329, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2406/page/9/