Calvin, however, went further and, knowing the importance which Rome attached to the letter, felt bound to show to what that method leads. He has explained his own doctrine elsewhere in a more complete manner, but we must not suppress what he said on this solemn occasion. ‘If you tie yourselves to words,’ said he, ‘if you so rigorously insist on these words, _Hoc est corpus meum_, you are compelled by such verbal strictness to separate the body of the Lord from his blood. For he said, _This is my body_, pointing to the bread, and when pointing to the wine, _This is my blood_. Now, to imagine that the body of Christ was separated from his blood is an abominable thing. I know that you evade this by what you call the _concomitance_. But do not allege it, for it is mere mockery. If the real body is in the cup, as you affirm it to be, the Lord of truth then spoke falsely when he said, _This is my blood_. ‘No, it is neither the natural body nor the natural blood of our Lord Jesus which is given to us in the holy supper. But there is a spiritual communication, by virtue of which he gives to us all the grace that we can receive from his body and his blood. _Christ makes us truly participants, but altogether in a spiritual way, by the bond of his Holy Spirit._ St. Luke and St. Paul write that Jesus said, _This is the new testament in my blood_; that is to say, the new alliance which the Father has made with us, blotting out our iniquities by his mercy, receiving us into his favor that we may be his children, and writing his law in our hearts by his Spirit; an alliance really new, and ratified and confirmed by the body and the blood of Jesus Christ. ‘Constrained by reasons so forcible, we interpret the Scripture according to the true analogy of faith. We do not put glosses on it out of our own heads, and we give no explanation which is not expressed in itself.’ [Sidenote: CONVERSION OF JEAN TANDY.] Calvin was silent. The young man, whose face was unknown but full of expression, had been listened to with astonishment, and people recognized in him a master. Everyone felt the force of his words, and no one raised an objection. ‘At this point,’ say the Acts of the Disputation, ‘both the Mimards and the Blancheroses remained without making any attempt to reply.’ The minds of the hearers seemed to be enlightened by fresh knowledge. This was soon evident.