retraced the solitary paths that conducted them to Poitiers. From that time many persons manifested a desire to receive the Supper according to the Lord's institution. The various ceremonies, the incense, the choral chants satisfied them no longer; they wished to have a simple and real communion with the Saviour. A day was therefore appointed, and they assembled in one of the caves of St. Benedict.[114] The minister read the Word of God, and called upon the Lord to pour out His Spirit on the little flock. He broke the bread and handed round the cup; and then invited the worshippers to communicate mutually such reflections and experiences as might be useful to the faith.[115] These simple exhortations after the Supper were continued for some time in the reformed Church. [89] _Lettres françaises de Calvin_, i. p. 119. [90] 'Tilius haustis animo Calvini opinionibus.'—Flor. Rémond, _Hist. Hérés._ ii. [91] 'Miro desiderio eos videndi incensus, qui catholicæ ecclesiæ bellum indixerant.'—Ibid. [92] See M. Cousin's excellent edition. [93] Varillas, _Hist. des Rév. rel._, ii. p. 473. [94] 'Riotes et cavillations ... arguments cornus et surprises subtiles ... comme s'il était un bailleur de sornettes ordinaires ... au lieu de s'entortiller dans des contestations superflues ... il mettait en avant ce qui est ferme.' [95] 'Magnæ existimationis vir, præsertim apud regis matrem.'—Flor. Rémond, _Hist. Hérés._ ii. p. 251. [96] Flor. Rémond, _Hist. des Hérésies_ (éd. fr.), p. 890. [97] P. de Farnace, _Brief Recueil de la Vie de Messire P. de la Place_, p. 11 sqq. Bayle's _Dict. Hist._ sub voce 'De la Place.' [98] Calvin, _Lettres Françaises_, i. pp. 70-71. [99] Calvin on James, iv. 17. [100] P. de Farnace, _Brief Recueil_, p. 11 sqq. [101] Flor. Rémond, _Hist. Hérés._ vii. cap. xi. Rémond exaggerates Calvin's opinion about Luther and Zwingle. [102] 'Inter sylvas Academi quærere verum.'—Horace. [103] 'In horto illo primum calvinisticum celebratum fuit concilium in Gallia.'—Flor. Rémond, _Hist. Hérés._ ii. p. 252. [104] De Farnace, _Vie de la Place_, p. 11. [105] La grotte de Calvin. See Crottet, _Chronique protestante_, p. 105; and A. Lièvre, _Hist. du Protestantisme du Poitou_, i. p. 23. [106] 'In locis secretis frequenter convenerunt.'—Flor. Rémond, _Hist. Hérés._ ii. p. 253. Rémond declares that he had spared no pains to trace out all Calvin's career in France. 'In conquirendis variis quæ eo pertinent documentis, nulli labori peperci.' This has not prevented him from occasionally seasoning his narrative with abuse and calumny. [107] Flor. Rémond, ibid. vii. cap. xi. [108] 'Precem magna vehementia et devotione.'—Ibid. ii. p. 252. [109] 'Per pagos etiam et villas.'—Flor. Rémond, _Hist. Hérés._ ii. p. 253. [110] 'Quod sicut simiæ hominum opera perperam, ita hi sacram cœnam imitantur.'—Calvini _Opusc. lat._ p. 123. [111] 'Histrionicam actionem appello quod ineptiæ gestusque histrionici illic visuntur.'—Calvini _Opusc. lat._ p. 123.