[106]. Goulaz was succeeded by Balard.—Calvin to Farel, Sep. 16, 1541. Opp. xi. p. 281.
[107]. ‘Mit fast kriechender Unterwürfigkeit . . sich so tief vor ihm erniedrigte.’—Kampschulte, J. Calvin, i. p. 385.
[108]. ‘Sein Herrscherrecht über Genf . . ein von Gott selbst erklärter Glaubenssatz.’—Ibid.
[109]. The Genevese florin was rather more than half a franc in value. The salary of the reformer was therefore about 250 francs. But taking into account the higher value of money at that period, it may be reckoned that this sum would be equivalent at the present time to about 4,000 francs (160l.). This is the estimate of M. Franklin, of the Mazarin Library, and we think it is accurate.
[110]. Registers of the day. Gautier, Hist. MS., 481.
[111]. ‘Totus in eo erat ut et Viretum . . et Farellum collegas perpetuos haberet.’—Beza, Vita Calvini, p. 9.
[112]. Calvin to Farel, Geneva, September 16, 1541. Opp. xi. p. 281. Calvin speaks thus with reference to Farel’s despondency.
[113]. Comment on II. Cor. vii. 1; Gen. xvii. 1.
[114]. ‘Calvin fühlte sich fast nur noch als Werkzeug in der Hand Gottes, . . . ohne jedes persönliche Zuthun.’—Kampschulte, J. Calvin, i. 306.
[115]. Roset, Chron. MS., book iv. chap. 53. Registers of October 26, 1541.