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Pegged his pardon for all the abusive language he had eVer used toward him ; but I do not find that Calvin begged his pardon ,, though he had used as [ abusive and ] scurrilous language towards ServetuSj and [ had moreover ] basely and treacherously procured
against him the sentence of death . He did indeed say , when Servetus begged his pardon , that he never thought of revenging himself for the hard words Servetus had given him , and intimated that he had used all gentle methods to convince him of his errors , till he saw they were in vain . [ But this is only talking like the inquisitors , who have always moderation ,
goodwill , mercy , and piety in abundance . in their mouths , or in tvords , towards those they are about to sacrifice—all contradicted and confuted by their actions , which speak much louder , as Calvin ' s also certainly did . ] " Calvin likewise exhorted him , " says the above writer * , * to pray to God , that he would forgive him , for having attempted to pluck three hypostases out of his
substance , &c . ; but Servetus continued steady in his opinion , and was not moved by any thing Calvin could say /* By what has been just now said , it would seem that the great and damning crime , in the estimation of Calvin , which Servetus had been guilty or , w as u atteinpting to pluck three hypostases out
of the substance of God : " a crime so thoroughly mysterious and incoiftprehensible , so wholly unnoticed or overlooked iii the Scripture , as not , surely , to possess any very mighty degree of turpitude or atrocity . After Servetus was condemned to die , Calvin says— He
? sometimes appeared speechless , and without any motion ; sometimes he fetched deep sighs , and at other times again made great lamentations , like a madman , crying out , Mercy , Mercy ! after the Spanish way . "—Such is Calvin ' s pitiless tale ! Was it any great wonder or dishonour , then , that an innocent , injured man should be deeply affected in such a situation , or at the near approach of such a scene ? To such an unfeeling and cruel wretch as Calvin it might , and it seems it did appear ,
disgraceful ; and he evidently records it to the disadvantage of the hapless sufferer : but , had not his mighty malice deprived him of his recollection , he might have remembered , that even in the history of the Son of God himself some traces may be found not very dissimilar to the above . How easy would it be for a
bitter enemy to sneer or scoff at the agonies of Christ in the near prospect of his sufferings !—his becoming sorrowful and very heavv I—his saying that his soul was exceeding sorrowful , even unto death !—his strong crying , and tears !—his railing on the ground on his fafce , and crying to the Father , that the cup , if possible , might pass from him !—and his sweating great drops of blood ! Whatever modern professors may think ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1806, page 514, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1729/page/10/
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