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281 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 157.2 (James Aitken Wylie)
… anew Calvin’s enthusiasm for the study of law. The hours were then early; but Calvin, Beza informs us, sat up till midnight, and, on awakening in the morning, spent …
282 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 157.3 (James Aitken Wylie)
When Calvin arrived in Bourges he knew nothing of Greek. His Latinity he had received at Paris from Mathurin Cordier, whose memory he ever most affectionately …
283 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 157.4 (James Aitken Wylie)
… of Calvin are perhaps unsurpassed to this day in the combined qualities of clearness, accuracy, and depth. They were in a sort a second giving of the Oracles …
284 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 157.5 (James Aitken Wylie)
… over Calvin found himself walking in a clearer light than he had ever before enjoyed; and that light continued all the way even to his life’s end. There gathered …
285 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 158 (James Aitken Wylie)
Chapter 9 : Calvin the Evangelist, and Berquin the Martyr
286 History of Protestantism, vol. 2
… entreat Calvin to become their Minister—He begins to act as an Evangelist in Bourges—The Work extends to the Villages and Castles around—The Plottings of …
287 History of Protestantism, vol. 2
Picture: Young Calvin Expounding the Bible to a Family at Bourges.
288 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 158.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
Emerging from the furnace “purified seven times,” Calvin abandons the study of the law, casts behind him the great honors to which it invited him, turns again to the Church — not her whose head is on the Seven Hills
289 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 158.3 (James Aitken Wylie)
… that Calvin made his first essay as an evangelist.
290 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 158.4 (James Aitken Wylie)
… that Calvin arrived at Bourges.Laval., Hist. Reform. in France, vol. 1., p. 24.
291 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 158.5 (James Aitken Wylie)
… teacher. Calvin was averse to assume the office of the ministry. Not that he shrunk from either the labours or the perils of the work, but because he cherished …
292 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 158.6 (James Aitken Wylie)
… did Calvin comply with these solicitations. His timidity, his sense of responsibility, above all his love of study, held him back. He sought a hiding-place where …
293 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 158.7 (James Aitken Wylie)
… of Calvin, is destined to cover a world. Gliding along the street might be seen a youth of slender figure and sallow features. He enters a door; he gathers round …
294 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 159.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… of Calvin will yield in future years not only confessors of the truth, but martyrs for the stake.
295 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 159.2 (James Aitken Wylie)
… on Calvin’s departure, and kept alive the light in Bourges which the evangelist had kindled.Beza, Vita Calvini. Beza speaks of Gerard Chauvin’s death as …
296 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 159.3 (James Aitken Wylie)
… Noyon, Calvin had to pass through Paris. It so happened that the capital at that time (1529) was in a state of great excitement, another stake having just been …
297 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 160.4 (James Aitken Wylie)
… . under Calvin, vol. 2., p. 47.
298 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 164 (James Aitken Wylie)
Chapter 10 : Calvin at Paris, and Francis Negotiating with Germany and England
299 History of Protestantism, vol. 2
… Cause—Calvin at Noyon—Preaches at Pont l’Eveque—His Audience—How they take his Sermon—An Experiment—Its Lesson—Calvin goes to Paris—Paris a Focus of Literary …
300 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 164.3 (James Aitken Wylie)
How Calvin came to be in Paris at this moment we have already explained. Tidings that his father had died suddenly called him to Noyon. It cost him doubtless …