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| Keywords: John Calvin's handwriting 01.jpg Facsimile of French manuscript letter written by John Calvin to king Edward VI of England July 4 1552 From the British Museum Foldout is 8 3/4 x 8 7/8 in Letters of John Calvin Compiled from the Original Manuscripts and Edited with Historical Notes by Dr Jules Bonnet translated from the Latin and French Languages by David Constable vol 1 1855 Edinburgh Thomas Constable and Co 1855 John Calvin 1509-1564 Old Public domain Text of manuscript excerpt French Or au pseaulme present il est parlé de la noblesse et dignité de l ™Eglise laquelle doibt tellement ravir à soy et grans et petits que tous les biens et honneurs de la terre ne les retiennent ny empeschentqu ™ils ne prétendent à ce but d ™estre enroliez au peuple de Dieu C ™est grand chose d ™estre Roy mesme d ™un tel pais; toutefois je ne doubte pas que vous n ™estimiez sans comparaison mieux d ™estre chrestien C ™est doncq un privilège inestimable que Dieu vous a faict Sire que vous soyez Roy chrestien voire que vous luy serviez de lieutenant pour ordonner et maintenir le royaulme de Jésus-Christ en Angleterre http //books google com/books id zLkPAAAAQAAJ pg PA347 dq 22et+maintenir+le+royaulme+de+J C3 A9sus+Christ+en+Angleterre++++ 22 lr client firefox Jean Calvin Lettres Françaises 1854 Jules Bonnet ed Paris Libbairie De Ch Meyrueis et Compagnie vol 1 pp 346-347 French Letters A D 1538 “ 1554 English Now in the Psalm before us is set forth the grandeur and dignity of the church which ought in such wise to draw over to itself both great and small that all the riches and honours of the world cannot hold them back nor keep them from aiming at this object namely to be enrolled among the people of God It is a great thing to be a king especially of such a country; yet I have no doubt but that you esteem it incomparably better to be a Christian It is therefore an inestimable privilege that God has made you sire a Christian king to the end that you may act as his vicegerent in maintaining the kingdom of Jesus Christ in England http //books google com/books id f5hhAAAAIAAJ pg PA714 dq 22Psalm+before+us+is+set+forth+the+grandeur+and+dignity+of+the+church 22 lr PPA715 M1 Original letters relative to the English reformation written during the reigns of King Henry VIII King Edward VI and Queen Mary chiefly from the archives of Zurich Hastings Robinson Parker Society Great Britain 1847 Cambridge The University Press vol 2 pp 714-715 This volume forms the third series of the Zurich letters and includes letters from 1531 to 1558 PD-old Letters by Jean Calvin Handwriting | ||||
