An impartial history of Michael Servetus, burnt alive at Geneva for heresie / [By Sir Benjamin Hodges?].

  • Servetus, Michael, 1511?-1553.
Date:
1724
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Credit: An impartial history of Michael Servetus, burnt alive at Geneva for heresie / [By Sir Benjamin Hodges?]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    c the people were bent for the revocation 4 of Calvin, gave him notice of their af- 1 fe&ion in this fort : *' The fenate of two * Epifi. £ hundred being affembled, they all crave Cal*2^ £ Calvin. The next day a general convo- c cation. They cry in like fort again all ; ‘ we will have Calvin, that good and learn- ; ed man, C h r i s t's minilfer. This, faith ‘ he, when I underftoode I could not choofe £ but praife God, nor was I able to judge ‘ otherwife than that this was the Lordes do- ‘ ing ; and that it was marvellous in our ‘ eyes; and that the {tone which the buil- ‘ ders refufed, was now made the head of c the corner f. The other two, whom they f Luk.xx £ had thrown out, (together with C a lv i n) 17* c they were content fhould enjoy their exile. £ Many caufes might ieade them to be more £ defirousof him. Firft his yeelding unto them £ in one thing, might happily put them in f hope, that time would breede the like eafi- £ nefs of condefcending further unto them. £ For in his abfence he had perfwaded them, £ with whom he was able to prevail, that al- £ beit himfelf did better like of common £ bread to be ufed in the eucharift, yet the c other they rather fhould accept, than caufe * any trouble in the church about it. Again, £ they faw that the name of Calvin waxed £ everyday greater abroad; and that, together £ with his fame, their infamie was fpread, c which had forafhly and childifhly eje&ed him. £ Befides, it was not unlikely, but that his £ credit in the world might many waies ftand £ the poor town in great (lead : As the truth £ is, their minifters forreign eflimation hither- ,£ to, hath been the beft flake in their hedge. C But