The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-03-02

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Till not a mountain top above tho deep,
ur branching tree, its towering head did pesp,
filall the world in waGory tomb was caS, Y,
h9ught butt liquid ORC, appeared at last
TEoausoSTlILE, Harrison Co., o., Fgt., 1859.
For the Democratic Sentinel.
"Did Calvin cause Servetus to be
"tBurnedW
Is the caption of an article signed 3D."
in the 42nd No. of the present volume
of the Sentinel, which we conceive the writer
answers both negatively and posihpeIy.
E He says: "That Servetus was burned for
his heresy and terrible ~blasphemy, is true,
But that Calvin Burned or caused him to be
burned is false" He also says. when
ealemnies THAT is, SkaoDn--wIfMl IalSe-
Aocds; see Webster are set on foos there are
some ever ready to'belieYe, simply upen the
confident assertion of the individual who
makes them. Others more i~ntelligently, will
suspend their Judgment until they are right
~ informed upon any given subject. For
The advantage Of such | pen this article"
lie then says: 1--WE admit This, namely, that
be caused 5ervetus to be apprehended and
brought before the civil tribunal, and that he
acted as the accuser in the prosecution" -
What! appreAend and prosecute a man before
the civic tribunal, and that prosecution prove
successful, and Yet not cause his DEATH
''Servetus was burned by order of the mag
~istrates, who sanctioned and carried into ex-
ccution the pef3ecutirg measures IF L'u!bt.
og&;ast him." SIC %as..s,eoir: # Eg.sraPi4s,
payb 70, "a. gf f"'
Calvin Says, himself, II only odeisea cur
magistrates as having a right to restrain
herstics by the sword, TO seize upon and try
that arch hereto; but after he was condem-
ned, 1 sad not one Word a6out It's erscution."
E~piscopias, page 258. "If he said not one
word about his execution after he was con-
demned; he had said enough before, to show
Whist he w6dtSAnd What lie could do to pro
cure it" Forfhtw fots are; Nand his own
hand writing is still extant rT~PHris, saying
tAat # his authority mas Of, ing apati, he wo~ta
preVeat SerUetA& from returning aLite, And
ne Kept his word."--NIAolaS, Arminiqn'sm
and CaIpinism compared, part l, page Ell.
This does not look like having nothing to dc
in causing the martyrdom Of Servetus. But
DIR. cd" to p~altiate the crime, tells US that
Calvin ibid ne more than he WAS bound to
do." That is, the law compelled him to do
what Lie did. Honest john" however
tells us a different story. He says he advi-
sed the magistrates to seize and try Servet.
Us and MIR. ed" says that he prosecuted
the trial, If friend '%D'' does not already.
he ma$ know, BY looking into The Dutch
Reformed Church of those times, That the
siOl authorities in the vicinity Of Genevs
received and efecatsd theft authority at thu
will At 'ire C~alvinistic clergy. See "nemoirl
OF ~Episcopius," pages II, 1853. It is non
sense to talk about the iaae compelling Cal.
yin to prosecute Servetus, |egsa unto death!'
But MIR. sd" says he was guilty of "the
most revolving bl~asphemy," That he "per.
sisted in asserting that the true God was a
tr~ipIe-headed monster--a. phantom of dew,
isy' That he was laboring "to undermine
the foundations Of moral obligations and Of
civil society"
Bat Mr.. 3D., gives US no evidence that
Ser7dtus. was any such man, but his own bear
assertion and as he warns the community
not to believe friend Urquhart's assertion
neither will we believe his, without proof
MIR. Wesley says: Being in the Bod1eian IL
brary, 1 light on Mr.. Calyin's account of the
case Of Michael Seryetus; several of whose
letters he occasionally inserts; wherein Ser
yetds often declares in terms, "F believe the
Father is God, the Son is God, and the HOLY
Ghost is. God" Mfr. Calvin, however, paints
hlfp such "a monster as never was,-an
Arian, q blasphemer, and what not: besides
strewing oyerhlhl his flowers of "Dbg; dew
u, swine" and Is on; which are the usual
spPellations he giyes'tQ his opponents." See
Wsslsy's works, vol. III, page els. This
correspondence between Calvin and Servet-
ne, referred to by Mr.. Wesley, was held
vie the former resided at Geneva and the
laEtssE at Lyons. it is supposed by the wri-
sers o~fitheAse times, that the ingenuity anL
tack of ServetEs in answering Calvin's letters
cost him his HE. Whoever reads the cor
~fespondence between them will be enabled
es1udge which had the more Of the spirit OF
Christ. - -" e.
Calvin evidently was no admirer Of Ser
vetis long before his death. There was no
charge preferred against Servetus for treason
Is Mr.. y contends, either at Vienna or
Ngaeneya. .'fIis'crgme was for disagreeinp with
tie ''orthodbx : in theology. And Calvin
being unable No convince him with ar@u-
naehs, resorted 10 fire. That he died for
Senscience sake ihefs can be no doubt
Murdcck says: 10 die last he maintained the
correctness Of bis OPTIONS, tov uAieA he snf-
tered and cried repeatedly, Jesus, thou
Son sof Vie eternal God,A have mercy upon
me. See Mnrdock's note to Moshei ms
history vci 3, page 2a6.'tIt is manifest
rom the quotations made BY Bir. "D." that
suffered martyrdom fof "conscience
sake He states that Calvin said. ''He
have redeemed his life by maare mode
'aEtoa. That Il, BIZ simply c~onceeding that
IA religious views we're wrong. Acc6rd;sg /
y Cocrdge, be tsArust himself Into III
BY retnsing ID surrender his ~reli2ioi
Ana Turrefin Gays. III ssig
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