Transcriber's note: Obvious printer errors have been corrected. Hyphenation has been rationalised. Inconsistent spelling (including accents and capitals) has been retained. Small capitals have been replaced by full capitals. Italics are indicated by _underscores_. Transliterated Greek is indicated by +plus signs+. Running headers, at the top of each right-hand page, have been converted into Sidenotes and moved in front of the paragraphs to which they refer. The anchor for Footnote 615 is missing and has been inserted at a likely position. THE REFORMATION IN EUROPE IN THE TIME OF CALVIN. VOL. III. LONDON PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO. NEW-STREET SQUARE HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION IN EUROPE IN THE TIME OF CALVIN. BY J. H. MERLE D'AUBIGNÉ, D.D. AUTHOR OF THE 'HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY' ETC. 'Les choses de petite durée ont coutume de devenir fanées, quand elles ont passé leur temps. 'Au règne de Christ, il n'y a que le nouvel homme qui soit florissant, qui ait de la vigueur, et dont il faille faire cas.' CALVIN. VOL. III. FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, GENEVA. LONDON: LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, ROBERTS, & GREEN. 1864. PREFACE. The time at which this volume appears would seem to require a few words of introduction. A day which closes a great epoch in the history of modern times, will soon be called to the remembrance of Protestant Christians. The registers of the Consistory of Geneva for the year 1564, bear under the name of Calvin these simple words: _Allé à Dieu le Sabmedy 27 de May, entre huit et neuf heures du soir._[1] The author of this volume, having been invited by the Evangelical Alliance to deliver an address on _The Reformation and the Reformer of Geneva_, during the Œcumenical Conference held at Geneva in September, 1861, observed, in the course of his preparatory work, this important date, and proposed to the assembly that on the tercentenary of the Reformer's death, Geneva and the Reformed Churches in general, should return thanks publicly to God that he had raised up John Calvin in the sixteenth century, to labour at the reformation of the Church, by re-establishing Holy Scripture as the supreme authority, and grace as the only means of salvation. The members of the Conference, about two thousand in number, adopted the resolution by acclamation.[2] As Christian Protestants were preparing to celebrate the anniversary, the author desired to contribute something according to his ability towards reviving the memory of the great doctor. Almost at the very time when the idea of this Protestant festival occurred to his mind, he proposed to describe in a special work, _The Reformation of Europe in the time of Calvin_. Having published the first two volumes more than a year ago, he looked forward to issuing another before the 27th May, and he now presents it to the public. May it occupy its humble place among the memorials destined to commemorate the Lord's work.