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Ser ^ ttis wete HXte satrie man , until Calvm jertid hte < rtflieague P ^ pin ic ^ tjamted tjbe . Helvetians vtith ftft'fk ^ to be tiJniti ' tK ^ r ^ uara ; f " mifttfs asSertiom ¦« that lie $ 3 ii # t ^ feaiifce Servetus ' s
appreli ^ sfori ttt Tiering ittay ^ neiFer-^ fe ^ Wlit erkHv true , arid ea-¥ rfy f ^ fftSted vmtv the o * her , to klF appearaiftce . full y atithentitatett ikets * ¦; " ' .
L ^ OfiePVWlB ^ a Trie , a convert of iM % Smish ^ Mtircli from Lyons , ^ esi 3 l ng itt VietineV detitqunce d the iift ! ior / orf the % 8 dfe jRestifutio Chri&idfiisfiiiio ft Catholic Mead
ai ] Lybh ?» aiid iftsinuktcjd his isurj ^ tise lum y ^ dh a mdtister as its ^ tiitlmt Wa ^ ^ rffercjff in prance , in Vienne . IKcPWiltimi ' Trie write
from bis own mind or did fee $ o at the ins « p « birbf Ca ^ in ? This 1 ^ tBe ^ & # , TPfebUgli it cannot be decided with a mathematical iett ^ tji ty / I ^ 3 R 6 ch ^ M o * hei m and Sofck , were induced , by the weight of moral « 6 Vid ^ ce , to believe that <^ afajh ' ^ as the secre t mover who
set this spring in motion ; and the qandid , Judicious Veriema does ^ ot dSapjpfove * tteeir conclusion . y fri wfokt co ^ rt of justice would it be deemed defective ? T' ^ e dfdftratiohs of the magistrate of Vfeiine to the syndics of Oe tiev ^^ ** that Servetus had been iji ^ fje tietlc | ed tfoere upon the accu-^ tidil of the first minister at Ge .
nev ^ i ;* — the ^ Walrds of the sentence _ 2 j £ ajq £ t Servetus , in which arc tri ^ ntfcriled : his letters to Calvin , which he had owned ;—Sej *\ etus * s complaint before the senate of Qeneva against Calvin ' s perbecu-IJorr ^ ^ ltai « ^ 4 ad mt be ^ m his ikult thai he had n < t been burnt alivej" without any reply of
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Galvin jr ^ -strengtheli the same conclusion . / Trie r s associate at Lyons communicated this discovery to liie offiee of the Inquibkion ^ through
which it soon w ^ bmught to the notice of the archbishop of Vi ^ phe , This prelate wm vigilant ; to remove this . threatening dagger from his numerous flock , and soon it was concluded that the
author of this book was m abominable heretic * But \ yho was its author ? Vas it their renowned physician Villanovanus , so high in favour with the archbishop ? Was he the identical Servetus i
Consider , Sir , that by his sue * cessful practice , extensive learning , aflable manners , and other uncommon qualities of the mind , he was notanly highly respected by
the archbishop PatmeriiJs * but by tbe principal regular , as well as secular men , in ttat city ^ Prudence was thus a high requisite in this delicate affair . William Trie obtained some of Servetus ' s
original letters tram Calvin , which he soon dispatched . Thus did John CalYia not send them : but might itnot be deemed a common cause © f GhristeadoiB to extirpate
such impious errors at the , root ? But then the Papists vyotald have obtained a glaring proof from C&lvinVown band , that the sacrifice of an heretic was no
unpleasant sight to a Protestant . From these letters , moreover , were obtained stronger evidences against Yillanovanus than from bis own book . The natural
consequence was , Servetus was detected and taken into custody in the month of June . Nothing evinces better the high esteem in which Servetus waa
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1810, page 330, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2406/page/10/
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