Saint Paul said: Lay hands suddenly on no man. Farel and the other reformers desired that the minister should honour his ministry. He required above all things a converted heart, but that was not enough. It is a bad sign when the Church admits into the number of those who are to point out the gate of salvation, either men who have not passed through it or who have not the gift of the Word, or are deficient in wisdom. But if the leaders of the Church are faithful, God will send them true ministers.
[384] Mém. du Sire de Pierrefleur, p. 17.
[385] Mém. du Sire de Pierrefleur, p. 19.
[386] Ibid. p. 20.
[387] Mém. du Sire de Pierrefleur, p. 19.
[388] Mém. du Sire de Pierrefleur, pp. 21, 22.
[389] 'Negat dixisse.'—Mém. du Sire de Pierrefleur, pp. 24-28.
[390] Mém. du Sire de Pierrefleur, pp. 21-32.
[391] Mém. du Sire de Pierrefleur, p. 35.
[392] Ibid.