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entirely stupefied—still—now he groaned vehemently—now he screamed like a madman ;—at last he bawled out in the Spanish tongue , misericordia ! misericordiaJ" * Others , mentioned by
Mosheim , assert , but which might have happened a little after , by which both accounts may be reconciled , that Servetus spoke with moderation , and requested that he might die by the sword , but in vain *
When Servetus was again brought into prison , he was very sorry for having offended Calvin , requested his presence with eagerness , and asked him forgiveness , about two hours before his death * il ivi vi « .
duvsitu ivru iivui i } ^ x . v » * a *« j « .. « - « . * . j , as Calvin mentions , who further says , that he answered Servetus , * to ask rather forgiveness of God , whom he had so highly offended ;
but that in this respect he . had obtained nothing . After which he , according to Paul ' s precept , left the heretic , who , condemned in his own judgment , sinned . "f
This unhappy man was pretty composed on the day of the execution , except that the horrible sight of the fire and his usual bodily pains , disturbed his tranquillity . The Rev . —— Farell , Calvin ' s
intimate friend , then minister at Neufchatel , was with Servetus that morning about seven o'clock , and exhorted him to repent and return to the doctrine of the Trinity ,
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and that of the Son of God ; whe * Servetus begged Farell to convince him by one plain passage of the Scriptures , that Christ was called the Son of God before his birth
from the virgin Mary . Farell adds , that the condemned persisted in his errors , though he continued to prepare himself devoutly for death , asking God and
Christ to forgive him his sins , deploring these , and calling incessantly God ' s Son his saviour and redeemer ; but Farell could not induce him to call Christ the
eternal God . When he was conducted out of the city to the place of execution , Called Champel , he often exclaimed , ( i O God , save my soul ! O Jiesus , son of the eternal God ,
have pity upon me ! "J He was burned by a slow fire , with green bushes full of leaves , and expired at the age of about forty-four , after half an hour ' s sufferings . || He remained unshaken in his faith , which induced Calvin to bewail
that so many Italians honoured and revered the memory of Servetus , as that of a martyr . *'§ Many rumours have been spread abroad by Calvin ' s enemies to
render him odious , to which eiivy has given birth or malice disco * loured facts , which might admit a fairer explanation . Away with false criminations , since Calvin ' s concern in this case cannot be
* Bockius Hist . Antitrin . vol . ii , p . ii . ch . ii . p . 371 , 37 a . VenemaH . E . torn , lii . p * 475 > by whom several other accounts are given at large . f Calvin ' a Works , p . 687 . Hottinger Hist . Reform . Helvet . p . 804 . from FareU * 8 Letters , and Mosheim , 1 . c . p , 446 . Vaticani Dial . p . 187 . Bockius , t . ii . % p- 373 > 4-\ The long oration of Servetus , published by Lubeniesky Hist , Ref . Polon 1 . iu « ap » a . is unquestionably spurious , and the fiction of a later Sociniacu Mosheim ) 1 . c . sect . lx . and Venema , 1 . c . M Mosheim , &ect . Iv . andlvi . and Bockius , L ii . cap . a *—in fine . % Rcfut . £ nr . Served in opusculis Calyioi , p . 703 , 704 .
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3 S 6 Sketch of the Life of Servctus *—Letter 6 ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1810, page 386, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2407/page/10/
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