[722] 1 Samuel xvii.
[723] La Sœur J. de Jussie, p. 63.
[724] Froment, Gestes de Genève, p. 59.
[725] St. Matthew xxvi. 52.
[726] Choupard MS.—Roset MS. Chron. liv. ii. ch. xvi.
[727] Choupard MS.—Roset MS.—Chron. liv. ii. ch. xvi.
[728] La Sœur J. de Jussie, Le Levain du Calvinisme, p. 63.—Council Registers of the 4th and 23rd May.
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE CANON'S DEATH MADE A WEAPON AGAINST THE REFORM.
(May to July 1533.)
WERNLI'S death was to be fruitful in serious consequences. The priests were about to show what the violent death of an ecclesiastic might mean, and the terrible consequences it carries with it. To sacrifice the liberties of Geneva and the evangelical Reformation on his tomb, was, in their opinion, the only offering that could appease heaven.