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Letters of John Calvin, Volume II: Compiled from the Original Manuscripts and Edited with Historical Notes

Name: Letters of John Calvin, Volume II: Compiled from the Original Manuscripts and Edited with Historical Notes
Author: Calvin, Jean

Calvin, Jean

Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564 -- Correspondence; Reformation -- France -- Sources; Reformation -- Switzerland -- Geneva -- Sources; Reformed Church -- France -- Clergy -- Correspondence; Reformed Church -- Switzerland -- Geneva -- Clergy -- Correspondence

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  LETTERS
  OF
  JOHN CALVIN

  COMPILED FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS AND
  EDITED WITH HISTORICAL NOTES

  BY

  DR. JULES BONNET.

  VOL. II.

  TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN AND FRENCH LANGUAGES.

  PHILADELPHIA:
  PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION,
  NO. 821 CHESTNUT STREET.

  Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by

  JAMES DUNLAP, TREAS.,

  in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District
  of Pennsylvania.

CONTENTS.

  1545.

  LETTER                                                       PAGE

      CXLIV. TO VIRET.--Unpopularity of Calvin--various advices, 15

       CXLV. TO MONSIEUR DE FALAIS.--Exhortation to glorify God
               amid poverty and persecution,                     16

      CXLVI. TO MADAME DE FALAIS.--Congratulations on the
               constancy manifested by her in the midst of
               trials--salutations from the suffering Idelette
               de Bure,                                          19

     CXLVII. TO MONSIEUR DE FALAIS.--Vanity of trust reposed
               in the princes of this world--confidence in God,  20

    CXLVIII. TO FAREL.--Captivity of Farel's brother--ravages
               of the plague in Geneva,                          22

      CXLIX. TO VIRET.--Dispersion of the School at Geneva--
               contests at Neuchatel on the subject of church
               property--Calvin's opinion of Farel,              24

         CL. TO MONSIEUR DE FALAIS.--Prayers for his restoration
               to health,                                        26

  1546.

        CLI. TO FAREL.--News from Germany--journey of the French
               Ambassador to Geneva--details concerning the
               condition of the town,                            26

       CLII. TO MONSIEUR DE FALAIS.--Calvin dedicates to him
               one of his Commentaries,                          29

      CLIII. TO JOHN FRELLON.--Rupture of the relations between
               Calvin and Servetus,                              30

       CLIV. TO FAREL.--Reply to various questions--terrible
               threat against Servetus--imprisonment of one of
               the leaders of the Libertins,                     31

        CLV. TO FAREL.--Pacification of the Church at Neuchatel--
               report of the speedy arrival of the Emperor in
               Savoy--dangers at Geneva--withering mention of
               Francis I.,                                       34

       CLVI. TO VIRET.--Election of a minister at Neuchatel--
               sickness of Viret's wife,                         36

      CLVII. TO VIRET.--Calvin invites his friend to repair to
               Geneva after the death of his wife,               37

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