BOOK IV.
TIMES OF HOSTILITY TO THE REFORM IN FRANCE.
CHAPTER I.
CALVIN, THE FUGITIVE, IN HIS RETREAT AT ANGOULÊME.
(November and December 1533.)
Rights of Conscience, claimed by Protestants, repudiated by Rome—Calvin in Flight—Accepts the Cross—Tillet's House, Rue de Genève—The Library—A new Phase—Doxopolis—The quiet Nest—Calvin's Studies—The Forge in which Vulcan prepares his Bolts—Men who rank themselves among Beasts—Calvin attacks them—Noble intercourse of Friendship
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CHAPTER II.
THE EXILE TURNS PREACHER.
(December 1533 and January 1534.)
The Greek of Claix—Men of Mark gather round him—Conferences at Gérac—Prayer and the Search for Truth—Those who believe and those who know—Calvin supplies Sermons for the Priests—He preaches in Latin
CHAPTER III.
CALVIN AT NÉRAC, WITH ROUSSEL AND LEFÈVRE.
(Winter 1533-34.)
Religious Awakening in the South—Margaret arrives at Nérac—Evangelical movement around her—Refugees, the Poor, and Children—Calvin goes to Nérac—Roussel's Concessions and Calvin's Firmness—A candid old Man—Lefèvre predicts Calvin's Future—A Lesson received by Calvin—He rebukes the unequally yoked