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and printed books , about things much more subtle and dangerous ; and yet , gentlemen , you know the various discourses that were occasioned by his execution . I do not
say this because I find fault with it ; on the contrary , I think such pernicious errors could not be better suppressed than by committing the author to the flames . But
this man cannot be compared to Servetus . I pray God to give him a better end . And I beseech you , gentlemen and most honoured brethren , not to grow weary in this work of your great charity , wherein he will direct you to use such
remedies as are necessary to reclaim that unfortunate man , and to preserve the church from such an infamy . This is the design of thi 3 letter , which I humbly beseech you not to be offended with ;
otherwise I should be sorry to have writ it , excepting the wishes I have just now made , and my further prayers to God , that he would plentifully bless you and your holy labours , increase your church ,
and ever keep you under his protection . I beg of you the continuance of your benevolence , being , with great sincerity , gentlemen , your most humble , most obedient , and most affectionate
servant , " FERRY . " Metz , March 3 O , l 63 fe . » M : Mestrezat , a learned divine , of the church of Paris , writ two letters to M . Chabrey , his
brotljer-in-law , and minister of Geneva , wherein I find two passages that deserve likewise to be imparted to the public . Mt . Mestrezat thought Anthoine had been a monk . His first letter is dated from Paris , Match \ % 1 &S 2 .
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"I am troubled for you ( say ! he , in that letter , ) about your Anti-Triaitarian . The writings of our predecessors , de puniendis hcereticisj have not been very edifying , and prove very prejudicial to us , in the countries where the
magistrates are our enemies . It is true , the enormity ot that man , his blasphemies , his profession of Christianity , and his ministry , aggravate his crime . May God Almighty direct your magistrates in the matter ! If every body had the same thoughts of monks as I have- none of them should ever
be admitted into the holy ministry . I pray God to remove , by the efficacy of his word , the scandal occasioned by that profligate man , and to keep you under his protection . "
The second letter of M * Mestrezat is only dated March 30 , 1632 , but it was likewise written from Paris . The following pas * . sage is to be found in it : ' * As to what concerns your Jewish monk and revolted
minister , the most judicious persons in this town wish he may be confined to a perpetusd imprisonment , and hot be allowed to see any body but such as are qualified to reclaim him . They are very much afraid of the consequences of a
public execution , lest it should be inferred from it , by our adversaries in these parts , that words spoken against the Pope ( the pretended Vicar of Jesus Christ ) or against the host of the mass , . are
likewise blasphemies against Christ , and ought to be punished in the sjime manner ; for they talk in the same strain , and all supreme ma * gistrates are judges of consequences iii their jurisdiction . ' *
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414 The Life and Trial of Nicholas Anthoine
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1812, page 414, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1750/page/6/
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