[Footnote 407: This is Calvin's distinct statement: "quum rectum iter Argentoratum tendenti bella clausissent, hac (Geneva) celeriter transire statueram, ut _non longior quam unius noctis moræ_ in urbe mihi foret." Calvin, Preface to Psalms.] [Footnote 408: "Unus homo, qui nunc turpi defectione iterum ad Papistas rediit, statim fecit ut innotescerem." Ibid., _ubi supra_. Consequently Beza, in his Latin Life of Calvin, is mistaken when he asserts: "eos [sc. Farel and Viret] igitur quum, ut inter bonos fieri solet, Calvinus transiens invisisset," etc.; for it was Farel that sought _him_ out, on Du Tillet's information.] [Footnote 409: Calvin, in the preface to the Psalms already quoted, says: "Genevæ non tam _consilio_, vel _hortatu_, quam _formidabili_ Gulielmi Farelli _obtestatione_ retentus sum, _ac si Deus violentam mihi e cœlo manum injiceret_. Et quum privatis et occultis studiis me intelligeret esse deditum, ubi se vidit _rogando_ nihil proficere, _usque ad maledictionem descendit, ut Deus otio meo malediceret, si me a ferendis subsidiis in tanta necessitate subducerem. Quo terrore perculsus_ susceptum iter ita omisi," etc.--Beza throws these words into Farel's mouth: "At ego tibi, inquit, studia tua praetextenti denuntio Omnipotentis Dei nomine, futurum ut nisi in opus istud Domini nobiscum incumbas, tibi non tam Christum quam teipsum quærenti Dominus maledicat." Vita Calvini (Op. Calv., Amst. 1661, tom. i).] [Footnote 410: This interesting letter, dated Neufchâtel, June 6, 1564, was communicated by M. Herminjard to the editor of the fine edition of Farel's _Du Vray Usage de la Croix_, printed by J. G. Fick, Geneva, 1865, who gives it entire, pp. 314, etc.] [Footnote 411: "Sane non possum de aliis aliud sentire quam quod de me statuo." Farel to Calvin, Sept. 8, 1553, Calv. Opera, ix. (Epistolæ), 71.] [Footnote 412: Declaration pour maintenir la vraye foy que tiennent tous chrestiens de la Trinité des personnes en un seul Dieu. Par Jean Calvin. Contre les erreurs detestables de Michel Servet Espaignol. Où il est aussi monstré, qu'il est licite de punir les heretiques: et qu'à bon droict ce meschant a esté executé par justice en la ville de Genève. 1554.--In this famous little book the author classifies doctrinal errors according to their gravity. Slight superstitions and the ignorance into which simple folk have fallen, are to be borne with till God reveal the truth to them. Offences of greater magnitude, because injurious to the church, should be visited with mild penalties. "But when malicious spirits attempt to overthrow the foundations of religion, utter execrable blasphemies against God, and disseminate damnable speeches, like deadly poison, to drag souls to perdition--in short, engage in schemes to cause the people to revolt from the pure doctrine of God--then it is necessary to have recourse to the extreme remedy, so that the evil may not spread farther" (pp. 48, 49).]