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    be compelled | p abjure his errors , or be punished for his obstinacy . ' Calvin warned one of the syndics , " lhat Scrvetus was in the city , and earnestly prayed that this man might be imprisoned , at hu

    peril ; " which , as Calvin ' s autbo * rity and influence were then unlimited in Geneva , was actually performed hy one of the syndics the 13 th of August .

    Calvin informs us of this fact : * < c When at la * t he ( Servetm ) was driven here , to his great mishap , one of the syndics imprisoned him , at my instigation : as I disown not tha » t I considered it my duty to restrain a more than obstinate and

    ungovernable man , as much as it was in my power ; so that the infection might not make greater progress / ' ,

    Calvin writes in his refutation of Servetus' errors , * ' All the transactions of our senate are usually placed to tny account ; and , indeed , I do not disown that

    Servetus was imprisoned through my advice and exertions ; as * , while according with the laws of this city , he must be accused of some crime , so I acknowledge thus far I was

    the author of this transaction , f All this corresponds accurately with wh&t was said to have been ttie contents of Calvin ' s letter to Yiret : " Servetus is eagerly bent

    to come heye ; if he- does , Jl * bfilj never allow that he safely escapes /* , and ! gives an additional proof of its genuineness . I do not hesitate , Sir , to adopt here the sentiments of Calvin's warm apologist , " that Calvin ' s persecution of Servetus did more originate from blind

    prejudice than personal hatred , "J But neither of us can applaud Charmer ' s boasting language , "that Servetlis lived in safety ainj ^ ng the papists , but felt the strength , of

    truth in Calvin , and a holy seve « . rity in the magistrate when he came to Geneva : " || much less shall we conclude with Bishop Hall , " that Calvin did well .

    Before his imprisonment , Servetus was compelled to surrender to the gaoler his golden chaih , his rings , and ninety-seven pieces of S - Servetus was thrown into a squalid , dirty dungeon , according to his remonstrance to th $ senate of Geneva , in t !> g fifth week of his detention . Nicholas de la Fontaine , Calvin ' s servant or disciple ,, as had been made probable by his apologist , ^ a nt } who had been before in the family of Falesius , whom Calvin emphatically designated as his ( suum ) in a letter to Farel f 1 T was the informer against Servetus , and for a iybit ' 6 imprisoned with him , according to the laws of Geneva . This ; La

    ? Tandem Hue maps Autplcth appulsum , utius c vsyndicis , ' me auctore in earcercm duci jusfiit . Nettie ekiitn dissimulo , quin officii mei duxerim , hoqiincm pl ^ us ^ iain obstinatum et indoiuitum , quoad in me trat , compesccrc , ne longius manaret contagio . Ep , ad Sulccrum . f Page 687 . Calvin asserts tne same in a I > etter to B ' afel : ' ' . ** " 3 ervetu « ihtetided to pass through this city : it does not yet appear with what views , Jbut ^ wrhen he wa 9 discovered , 1 judged that he ought to be arrested , " Lett , and Answ , p . %$$ i Bi ^ l . Raison . i . p . 378—3 &S » HP p 2 4 % .. '; ; . " , H Panstr . torn . ii . lib . i . dc TrinlL ca |> 5 , feteitentibus ? pa ^ tstife , ajtid quo * iServetus , quamdfu vixit tuta vixit , tun * demum est vim veritatis expertus in Calvino , et in pio magistratu sanctam severitatern cum Gepevamy ' ctnt ^ &C » § Bibl . Haw . L c , ^ Ep , 156 . p . %$$ .

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    378 Sketch of the Life of Servetus . — -Letter 6 *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1810, page 378, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2407/page/2/