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view , the Nuncio committed . to prison a professor of theology of the name of Julius , called , from the place of hi $ nativity , Julius of Milan , who bad declared in favour of the Reformation Ochia was highly incensed at this treatment of his friend , and expressed
his indignation in strong terms in his public discourse . ** What course , " he exclaimed , €€ is left to us , { Sirs ? To what purpose , oh most excellent of cities , queen of the Adriatic 1 do
we undergo so many labours and afflictions , if they who preach the truth to thee are placed under restraint , immured in prisons , and confined in chains and fetters ? What other place , what freer field remains for truth ?
Would that the truth could be openly and freely proclaimed ! How many blind , now excluded from the light , and trembling in darkness , would then be illuminated 1 " These offensive words were soon reported to the Nuncio , who immediately suspended Ochia
from his office . The Senate , however , with whom Ochin was a great favourite , interposed their powerful mediation , and prevailed upon the Nuncio to withdraw hi $ interdict , which
remained in force only three days- During the remainder of . his term , Ochin , who was awaare that the Nuncio kept sl strict watch over his conduct , spoke with mare caution , and escaped fur * Cher animadversion *
As soon as Lent was concluded he went to Verpna , where , as the head of the order , ht assembled soipq youngmen who were destined fot the office of preachers among the Capuchins ,
for the purpose of giving them some instructions to qualify tkem for their charge . With this vi ^ w he de live red to them a course of X « ectu ^ es o ^ the Epistles of Paul , in which he took
occasion to inculeate many things that were adverse to th < e doctrines of the Church , The Pope being ap-prised of this circumstance , and also of his proceedings at Venice * became highly exasperated against huJ » > and ordered Jiim to appear fortii ^ ith at Rome . His
displeasure ^ howe ver * was disguised , that Ochin might not be aiaj-med , and think it necessary to take precautionary measures to secure his safety . He imrhedu ^ y pfypyed ths giupmqij s , ^ d proceeded && &r as Bologna q % bis way tp Rome . At Bologna he changed the direction of his route and
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went to Florence . Here he found Peter Martyr , whom he immediately consulted on the state of hi ? afi&irs Their deliberations terminated in $ resolutioa that they should both , with as little d ^ lay as possible , < juit l % alf for some Protestant state . Ochjja ac *
cordingly took his departure instantly for Geneva , and in a few days after * wards Martyr went to Zurich . Ochin * 9 sudden resolution not to proceed to Rome appears to have been occasioned by a report which reached him on the road , that bi $ death h $ d beqn deter ^ mined upon , and that the management of his case had been entrusted to six
Cardinals , who had instructions to proceed against him to the last extremity . This rumour derived great probability from a fact which he arterwards ascertained , that an armed force had been sent to Sienna and Florence to apprehend him , but that he had providentially escaped it by his sudden departure . *
The circumstances attending Ochin * s flight from Italy have been somewhat differently related . It has been stated that while preaching before the Pope he openly accused him of pride , contrasting his pomp and state with the humble condition of Jesus when he
entered Jerusalem ; that after the termination of his discourse the Pope ' s high displeasure wets intimated to him by a cardinal , who persuaded him instantly to depart . But this account is extremely improbable , and i $ supported by no good evidence , tt has
also been asserted , that in preaching on the subject of tl * e Trinity , be stated at length the arguments against the doctrine , and then , under pretence that the time was elapsed , postponed the arguments oa the other side to a future opportunity - but that
immediately after quitting the church he left I t ^ l y , and escaped the Inquisition . But this account seeisis eqaally u ^ vfounded . with the preceding , for tfysre is not the slightest proof that OcUju entertained any scruples on t ) i $ cjqptrine <^ f the 1 rmitfy till long after be
• Ochin quitted Italy ia foe autumn of the year 1542 . Whence it appears that he could not feavd bdfctt a member of the College p f Vincenza a ( the time of its dispersion in 1546 , as stated by Lubienieciu 8 ami ptfeers . Xhe pix ^ bility is , that be never bslOPged to hp
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1822, page 659, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2518/page/3/
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