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AUTHOR OF THE
'HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY' ETC.
'Les choses de petite durée ont coutumede devenir fanées, quand elles out passé leur temps.
'Au règne de Christ, il n'y a que lenouvel homme qui soit florissant, qui ait de la vigueur, et dont ilfaille faire cas.'
VOL. II.
GENEVA and FRANCE.
LONDON:
LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, ROBERTS, & GREEN.
1863.
BOOK II.
FRANCE. FAVOURABLE TIMES.
CHAPTER XIII.
JOHN CALVIN, A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ORLEANS.
(1527-1528.)
Calvin's Friend—The Students at Orleans—Pierre de l'Etoile—Opinionsconcerning Heretics—Calvin received in the Picard Nation—Calvinnominated Proctor—Procession for the Maille de Florence—Distinguished bythe Professors—His Friends at Orleans—Daniel and his Family—MelchiorWolmar—Calvin studies Greek with him—Benefit to the Church of God
CHAPTER XIV.
CALVIN, TAUGHT AT ORLEANS OF GOD AND MAN, BEGINS TO DEFEND AND PROPAGATE THE FAITH.
(1528.)
Wolmar teaches him about Germany—Orleans in 1022 and 1528—Calvin'sAnguish and Humility—What made the Reformers triumph—Phases of Calvin'sConversion—He does not invent a new Doctrine—I sacrifice my Heart toThee—His Zeal in Study—He supplies Pierre de l'Etoile's place—Calvinsought as a Teacher—He seeks a Hiding-place for Study—Explains theGospel in Private Families—His first Ministry.
CHAPTER XV.
CALVIN CALLED AT BOURGES TO THE EVANGELICAL WORK.
(1528-1529.)
Calvin at his Father's Bed-side—His first Letter—Beza arrives atOrleans—Calvin goes to Bourges—Brilliant Lessons of Alciati—Wolmar andCalvin at Bourges—Wolmar calls him to the Evangelical Ministry—ThePriest and the Minister—Calvin's Hesitation—He evangelises—Preaches atLignières—Recalled by his Father's Death—Preachings at Bourges—Tumult
CHAPTER XVI.
BERQUIN, THE MOST LEARNED OF THE NOBILITY, A MARTYR FOR THE GOSPEL.
(1529.)
Margaret's Regret—Complaints of Erasmus—Plot of the Sorbonne againstBerquin—His Indictment prepared—The Queen intercedes for him—Berquin atthe Conciergerie—Discovery of the Letter—He is imprisoned in a strongT