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    unfortunately happened about the time of his entering the kingdom , that measures had just been adopted for the expulsion of all foreigners whose sentiments varied from the established creed ; and Ochino had become peculiarly obnoxious to the'Catholics , not only on . account of his change of sentiments , but also in consequence of an Apology , which he had published , abounding in' charges of various kinds against the Romish Church . He officiated for a short time to a congregation of Italians , resident at Cracow :

    and Ltibieniecius informs us , that some of the nobles interested themselves on his behalf ^ and offered to procure the royal permission for him to remain in the kingdom ; but that he re / usec ) , and said it was his wish to be obedient to the higher powers , though he should even perish by the road , amidst 4 he wolves olf Re forests . . The plague detained him some - time at Pinczow , on his way into Moravia ; but he found a kind friend in Jerome Philippovius , one of the early patrons of the Unitarians in Poland , who took him into his house , attended upon him with the greatest care during

    his illness , and supplied him with every thing necessary to facilitate his recovery . For these humane attentions , he is said to have expressed his sense of obligation at his departure , by saying , " I thank God , brother Philippovius , that her has rendered thee worthy of becoming the benefactor of Ochino under such calamitous circumstances 1 ' Having lost both . his sons and his eldest slaughter , by the plague , the poor old man pursued his weary way , and died within three weeks at Slacow , about twelve months after his barbarous expulsion from Switzerland . Beza , in - a ^ fc ttar to Dudithius , ascribes all the misfortunes which befel

    the family of Ochino , and particularly the accidental death of his wife , to the special interposition of God , on account of his supposed erroneous opinions . To this unfeeling and presumptuous charge , Dudithius , with admirable judgment , thus replies : " It is customary , I perceive , with you , whenever any one meets with a miserable end , immediately to exclaim that « it has happened by the just ju ^ n&ent of God . * It is inhuman to

    trample upon the ashes of the dead ; nor ought we to form an opinion of the piety of any one , from the manner of his death ; else , what shall we say of Josiah and others ? What shall we think of Christ and his apostles , and an innumerable company of martyrs , who suffered an ignominious and excruciating death ? What , too , shall we say in behalf of your own

    Zwingle ? That illustrious herald of the word of God , and true disciple of Christ , is said to have been slain in the front of the battle ; a miserable kind of death , and one which was unworthy of a Christian teacher ! Cease , then , thus to think with the vulgar , that , if a person meets with a violent and unexpected end , you are immediately at liberty to conclude that he is an impious man !"

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    Biographical Notices of Eminent Continental Unitarians . 74 $

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1831, page 749, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2603/page/25/