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now engaged (fays he) with Servetus. Perhaps "he only defigned to go through this City; for we don't know yet what Reafon moved him to 66 come hither. He has been discovered, and I "have been of Opinion that he fhould be arreft"ed. He is profecuted by Nicolas (de la Fontaine), "who brought the next Day Forty (n) Heads of "Accufation against him. At firft he varied in his

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Anfwers; and therefore I was fent for to Court. He abufed me, as if I had been his Inferior. I "have treated him as he deferves. At laft the "Magiftrates have declared that all the Articles "have been proved against him. Nicolas was fet "at Liberty Three Days after; and on the Fourth "he was acquitted, my Brother being Security for "him. I hope Servetus will be condemned to "Death; but I wifh the Severity of the Punishment 66 may be foftened.

Farel answered Calvin in a Letter dated October 8. "'Tis a wonderful Providence, (Says be) that Serve tus fhould come to Geneva. I wish he may re pent, tho' never fo late. It will be a mighty

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Hac tranfire forte cogitabat. Necdum enim fcitur quo confilio venerit. Sed cum agnitus fuiffet, retinendum putavi. Nicolaus meus ad capitale judicium, pœnæ talionis fe offerens, ipfum vocavit. Quadra ginta accufationis capita poftridie in medium fcripta attulit. Tergiverfatus eft initio. Itaque vocati fu mus. Proterve mihi convitiatus eft, non fecus ac fi haberet fibi obnoxium. Ego, ut dignus erat, eum excepi. Tandem pronunciavit Senatus capita omnia Nicolaus die ter

probata effe. Dimiffus eft e carcere ediffet, quarto

tio, cum fratrem meum fponforem abfolutus eft. --- Spero capitale faltem fore judicium: Pœnæ vero atrocitatem remitti cupio, Calvin Epift. pag. 114. Geneva 1575.

(x) Calvin fhould have said XXXVIII.

"Thing, if he dies a true Penitent, undergoing but .66 one Death, tho' he deferves to die a Thousand "Times; and if he endeavours to edify the Spe

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ctators, having made it his Bufinefs to pervert many People that are dead, and others that are "ftill living, and even thofe thar fhall be born hereafter. The Judges must be very cruel, and perfect Enemies of Chrift and his Church, if they are not affected with the horrid Blafphemies with which that pernicious Heretick attacks "the Divine Majefty, and endeavours to overthrow "the Gospel, and to corrupt all the Churches.

But I hope that thofe, who are commended for 86 inflicting a juft Punishment upon Thieves and fa

crilegeous Perfons, will do their Duty in this "Cafe, by taking off a Man, who has fo long and "foobftinately perfifted in his Herefy, and undone "fo many People. In defiring that the Severity of "the Punishment fhould be moderated, you act "the Part of a Friend towards a Man, who is your "great Enemy. But I befeech you to behave your"felf in fuch a manner, that no one may be fo "bold for the Time to come as to publish new "Doctrines, and occafion fo much Disturbance, as "this Man has done (o)". It appears from this Paffage

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(6) Mira eft Dei difpenfatio in Serveto, quod iftuc venerit. Utinam vel fero fapiat! Magnum fane mi raculum erit, fi mortem perferat ferio ad Deum converfus, , & occumbens una morte (qui multas myria das commeritus eft) fi omnes contendat ædificare præfentes, qui multis jam fublatis & qui fuperfunt, adde etiam venturis nocere ftuduit. Valde crudeles erunt, & admodum injurii Chrifto, & do&trinæ pie tatis, s, & veri Ecclefiæ hoftes Judices, fi non moveantur blafphemiis horrendis tam nefandi Hæretici, quibus divinam majeftatem impetit, & Chrifti Evangelium conatus eft labefactare, omnefque corrumpere Ecclefias. Sed fpero Deum facturum, ut qui laudan

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Paffage that Farel was a violent Divine; which is altogether contrary to the Spirit of Chriftianity. (See the Margin.) * Farel adds, That he has frequently offered to fuffer Death, in Imitation of St. Paul, if he taught any thing contrary to the Gofpel-DoAtrine, and that he has declared he fhould deferve the greatest Punishment, if he, fhould bring off any Body from the Faith and Doctrine of Jefus Chrift; fo that he cannot be more indulgent to others than

to himfelf. I leave it to you, Sir, to make your Obfervations upon these Letters, and

tur ob juftas infli&tas furibus & facrilegis pœnas, ita fe gerant, ut in hac parte merito bene audiant, fublato eo, qui tandiu obftinatiffime in hærefibus perfeve ravit, quique tam multos perdidit. Quod poenge atros citatem leniri cupis, facis amici officium in inimicif fimum tibi hominem. Sed te quæfo, ita geras, ne temere quivis audeat nova inferre in publicum dogmata, & tandiu omnia turbare impune, ut ifte fecit. Ubi fupra pag. 116.

And when his Difciples James and John faw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that t we command Fire to come down from Heaven, and confume them, even as Elias did? But he turned and rebuked them, and faid, Te know not what manner of Spirit ye are of. For the Son of Man is not come TO DESTROT MENS LIVES, BUT TO SAVE THEM. Luke IX, $4.

Thome Ittigii, Theol. D. & Dioecefeos Lipf. Superintendent. Schediafma de Autoribus, qui de Scriptoribus Ecclef. egerunt, cura L. Chriftiani Ludovici, P. P. cujus Auctarium & Annotationes Accedunt. 1711. in 8vo.

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M. De Prepetit de Grammont, late Rector of the University of Paris, and Profeffor Emeritus of Eloquence, has tranflated into French Verfe the Poetical Art of Horace, and fome other Pieces of that Ancient Poet.

Traduction en Vers François de l'Art Poetique d Horace, des Satyres IV. & X. de fon premier Livre, & de la I. Epître de fon Livre II. &c. Paris 1711. in 12mo. 4.537

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This Book confifts of Three Parts. The Firft,' befides the Tranflation of the Poetical Art of Horace," and of the Three Pieces mentioned in the Title, contains alfo a Verfion of feveral remarkable Paffages in the best Poets. The Author's Poetry is neat and elegant; and his Notes are well chofen. The Second Part is a very inftructive Differtation upon

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the Ancient and Modern Authors. The Third contains a very exact and complete Treatise of the French Verfification.

THE Vth Volume of the Hiftory of the Church, by the Abbot de Choify is newly come out.

Hiftoire de l'Eglife, par M. l'Abbé de Choify. Tome Cinquieme, depuis l'an 840. jusqu'à l'an 1100, Paris 1712. in 4to. pagg. 436.

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M. Roy has obtained the Prize of Eloquence for the Year 1711. The Subject, proposed by the French Academy, was this, God is the Protector of thefe who trust in him. That Illuftrious Society has publifhed M. Roy's Difcourfe, and fome of the best Pieces of Eloquence made upon the fame Subject. HT

Recueil de plufieurs Pieces d'Eloquence prefentées à l'Academie Françcife, pour le Prix de l'annee 1711. avec plufieus difccurs qui ont été prononcez dans Academie, & quelques Pieces de Poefie qui, y ont été lues en differentes occafions. Paris 1711. in 12. pagg. 431. 21H