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    iflieri and Cecco D'Ascoli , physician of John XXIII . burned at Florence , 25 th Sept . 1327 , at the age of 60 .

    But 5 whether Servetus was instructed in these opinions by others , or that he adopted them from his own inquisitive mind ; so much is certain , that he did not think it prudent to divulge them in France . He flattered himself

    with greater security in Germany , where ; more liberty of inquiry was indulged , and where several potent prinfces secretly favoured the bold attacks on the pope dom by the religionists . He went accordingly

    through Geneva and Lyons to Swisserland ^ and fixed his residence at Basil , about 1530 . Here he was upon a friendly footing with CEcolampadius , with whom he often conversed about various

    religious topics . Though CEcolampadius appears to have been generally pretty rigid in points deemed by him essential he

    however , was not void of liberality in more indifferent , as is evident from his moderate disputes with Zuinglius . * It appears from the conversations between him and

    Servetus , that the latter too was not easily induced to part with opinions , once , as he believed ^ adopted on conviction . f Similar discussions alienated

    many from Servetus , while he was at B&sil , where GEcolampadius was in full authority , highly respected and deservedly beloved ? Servers went iri 153 i to Strasburg , in which city he became

    ? Th . Erastus de Exeomm . "Flies , and there a letter of Bellinger , Ja n . tjryo-• f Sec theJLcttcx of CEcoiatnpadius to Stervet « 8 j before he Bad published Kb * book ) de Trinitutis Erroribui . Venetna' H ; JB . Tom . vii . p . ¦ 4 & % . Epist . Zuinglii ct CEcolampadii , lib . i . p . 83 , and CE c o lam pad i us ' s . Letter to Servetus , by Moteheirii . ? B- xjj 6 . ad Sulcctuoi , pp . ajKfr 3 < M * •** V ** * avulbw yisccribus , discorpd'etur /'

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    acquainted with two other of ths reformers , Capito and Bucerus . Here it seems , that Servetu ® searched for opportunities to

    communicate his religious opinions-to his new acquaintances , and hear - kened , perhaps , more to an ardent zeal , for what he supposed the truth , than to the voice of

    prudence ; at least , if we-believe what Calvin , reports , thatBucerusf declared him before his congregq , ^ tion , worthy to be torn in pieces 9

    and his bowels riptfrom his body : $ ; which , if true , and I see p o spli ( £ reasorij Sir , to doubt here G ! alyin ' 5 f veracity , Hiay be rather attributed to an involuntary expression o £ inconsiderate zeal , in a man so

    moderate as Bucerus . Servetus returned , for a short while 5 to Basil , but not wellac , * quainted with the German language , and destitute of sufficient

    means to provide decenily for himself ^ perhaps consideri ng him * self riot in safety in that city , he retreated to Lyons , in France ^ where he tarried about three years .

    There is no appearance of truth , in the report , that Servetus was compelled by the magistrate of Basil to leaive their city . It was

    a voluntary act . CEcbiampadiua * advised by Zuinglius to be on hifc guard , that Servetus ' s errors might iiot be spread in his congregation , had addressed a letter to the

    magistrate , with the complaint ^ that Servetus had lost his time ia similar inquiries , that he could have employed to more adv ^ ntage ^ but he called him , nevertheless *

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    Sketch of t / ie Life of Servetus . —Letter 2 * 165

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1810, page 165, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2403/page/5/