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A09907	A discourse wrytten by M. Theodore de Beza, conteyning in briefe the historie of the life and death of Maister Iohn Caluin with the testament and laste will of the saide Caluin, and the catalogue of his bookes that he hath made. Turned out of Frenche into Englishe, by I.S. In the yeare of our Lorde. M.D.LXIIII. Seene and allowed according to the order appointed in the Queenes Maiesties iniunctions.; Histoire de la vie et mort de Calvin. English	Bèze, Théodore de, 1519-1605.; Stubbes, John, 1543-1591.	1564 (1564)	STC 2017; ESTC S101757	31,501	80

yet are not at the least of as many as may be called to minde Those which are not yet in French are marked wyth thys marke * The Catalogue of the Bookes and wrytings of Maister Iohn Caluin Commentaries and lessons in Latin and French al readie imprinted vpon the olde Testament Vpon Genesis Vpon the other foure Bookes of Moyses in forme of Harmonie Vpon the Booke of Iosue Vpon all the Psalmes Vpon Esaye * Vpon Ieremie Vpon Daniel Vpon the .xij. that are called little Prophetes Vpon the new Testament also imprinted Vpon the three Euangelistes in forme of Harmonie Vpon Saint Iohn Vpon the Actes of the Apostles Vpon all the Epistles of Saint Paule Vpon the Epistle to the Hebrues Vpon the Epistles Canonicall of S. Peter Saint Iohn Saint Iames and S. Iude. The Catalogue of his Sermons imprinted which men gathered when he preached Vpon Iob. Vpon the Commaundements Vpon the Octonaries of the 119. Psalme Vpō the song of Ezechias in the .38 ca. of Esay Vpon the beginning of the Harmonie of the three Euangelistes Vpon the .10 and .11 Chapiters of the fyrst Epistle to the Corinthians Vpon the Epistle to the Galathians Vpon the Epistle to the Ephesians Vpon the Epistles to Timothe to Tite Also many Sermons of the Byrth Passion Death Resurrectiō and Ascension of our Lorde Iesus Christ Foure Sermons entreating of matters very profitable for our time A Congregatiō made in the Church of Geneua of the prouidence and eternall election of God Sermons vpon the olde Testament not imprinted Vpon Genesis Vpon Deuteronomie Vpon the two bookes of Samuel Vpon the first booke of the Kings Vpon many Psalmes Certaine summes of Congregations made vpon Iosue gathered euen as hee did entreate of and handle the textes Vpon Esaie Vpon Ieremie Vpon Ezechiel Vpon the later eyght Chapiters of Daniel Vpon seuen of the twelue little Prophetes Vpon the Newe Testament Certaine Sermons moe vpon the Harmonie of the three Euangelistes Vpon the Actes Vpon the two Epistles to the Corinthians Vpon the Epistle to the Thessalonians Vpon certaine Chapiters of the ende of the Epistle to the Hebrues Lessons in Frenche not yet Imprinted Vpon the Psalmes from the .37 to the ende Vpon Ieremie Vpon the .20 first Chapiters of Ezechiel as well in Latin as in Frenche A Catalogue of other Bookes treatises which he hath made in sundry times and sundry places * A Commentarie vpon the Booke of Seneca touching the vertue of Clemencie His Christian Institution A treatise against the errour of such as thinke that the soules doe sleepe after they be departed frō the body vnto the last iudgemēt Two Epistles the one to flee Idolatrie the other of the duety of a Christian man An aunswere to the letter which the Cardinall Sadolet wrote to the Lordes and people of Geneua A treatise of the supper of the Lorde * Certaine verses in Latin of the victorie of Iesus Christ A Cathechisme for the instruction of Childrē A manner of Administration of the Sacraments with the common prayers and the maner how to celebrate the Mariage A defence of the pure doctrine concerning free will against the calumnies of Albert Pighius Annotations vpon the fatherly aduertisement made by the Pope Paule the thirde to the Emperour Charles the fift Antidote or preseruatiue against the articles of the facultie of the Sorbonistes of Parris A treatise or supplication to the Emperor concerning the necessitie of the reformation of the Church Against the Anabaptistes and Libertines with an Epistle to the faithfull of Roan against a Frier a Libertine An Aduertisement concerning the bodies Reliques of Saints what profit there cōmeth of them if they be diligently kept A treatise in flie superstitions with the excuse of the false Nicodemites with the aunswere of the Ministers of Zuriche Antidote to the Actes of the counsell of Trent The very true meane to pacifie that troubles to reforme the Church against the Interim An Aduertisement against the Astrologie Iudiciall and such curiosities which at this daye heare the swaye in manner thorowoute the worlde An agreement concerning the Sacramēts A treatise of Offences Of the eternall Prouidence of God Against the detestable errors of Michel Seruet a Spaniarde * Three aduertisements to Westphalus * Against Hethusius and the error of Stancarus * Against Valentin Gentil * Aunswere to the calumnies which Sebastian Castalion did sowe abrode * An other short aunswere to other calumnies of the same man A Congratulation to the reuerende priest Maister Gabriel de Sacomā of the Church of Lions chiefe Minister * An aunswere to a certaine fine and subtil Neutre * An aunswere to the outrages of Fraūcis Baldwin an Apostate * A short Aduertisement to the Faithfull of Polonia * An Epistle to the foresaide for the Confirmation of the sayde Aduertisement An aunswere to a certaine Hollander written to the people of the low countrey A Reformation to put to silence a certaine rascall named Antonie Catalan A Confession of the faith in the name of all the reformed Churches of the Realme of Fraunce made during the Warres to deliuer to the Emperor Also a great number of Letters counsels aduertisements and aunsweres as well in Latin as in Frenche to diuers persōs of sundry qualitie and estate wherein is entreated of diuers matters which one day if it please God that it maye be set forth into light men may then better see what was the wisedome promptnesse singuler iudgement and the maruellous and diuine graces that were in this Faithful Seruant of God Finis Faultes escaped in the first Sheete A .iij. leaf ij side iij. line for more reade me A .iiij. leaf first side x. line for that reade the. A .v. leafe ij fide xvij line for anye reade euery A .vij. leafe ij side vj. line for Guise reade Swisse for Guisians read Grisons Imprinted at London in Whitecrosse streate by Henry Denham for Lucas Harrison dwelling in Paules Chuchyarde at the Signe of the Crane Anno Domini 1564 Nouembris .4

certaine time But when he came thither and was receiued of singuler affection by those poore people which acknowleged their fault hauing a great desire to heare their faithful Pastor they helde him there continually wherunto in the ende the Lordes of Strasbourgh consented vpō condition that he should be alwayes a Bourgeois of their towne They would also that he should haue had alwayes the reuenue of a Prebend which was appointed vnto him for hys scipende of his reading But as he was a man clearely voide of all greedinesse of the goodes of thys worlde so coulde they neuer bring to passe that hee woulde receiue so much as the value of one Denier thereof And in this sorte he was againe established at Geneua the yeare .1541 the .13 of September where forthwith hee framed an order of Ecclesiasticall Discipline which hath alwayes since continued there firmely albeit Satan and hys adherentes haue employed all theire forces to abolishe it Now hee that woulde here declare particulerly all the trauayles paines that thys excellent personage hath endured since by the space of .23 yeares as well within as without hee shoulde haue matter sufficient to fil a great volume For if euer there were towne furiously assayled by Satan and valiantly defended during that tyme it was Geneua the honor belongeth onely to God but it ought and may lawfullye be said that Caluin hath bene the instrumēt of hys vertue power If there be questiō of vigilance Satan his could neuer take him vnprouided but either he hath warned that flocke before hande or else preserued it in the place If wee shal speake of integritie he is yet vnborne that hath sene him cōmit any fault in his office or to yelde be it neuer so little for any man liuing or to haue varied in doctrine or life nor neuer misreported man If we shall speake of labour paine I beleue that his like is not to be founde beside that he preached cōtinually euery daye in the weeke and most commonly and as often as he was able hee preached twice euery Sonday hee did reade diuinitie three times in a weeke hee made declaration in the Consistorie or as it were a whole lesson euery Friday in conference of the Scripture which we call Cōgregation did continue this order thorowly wtout interruption vntill his death in dede neuer did fayle so much as once except it were by extreme sicknesse Further who is able to recite his trauailes ordinarie and extraordinary I knowe not if any man of our tyme hath had more to heare to aunswere and to write nor matters of greater importaunce The onely multitude and number of hys bookes and writings are sufficient to astonishe any man that shall se them but much more those that shall reade them And that which maketh hys labours more wonderfull is that hee had a bodye so weake of nature and so lowe brought with watchings and ouermuch sobrietie yea and being subiect to so many diseases that all men that had sene him would haue thought that he coulde not haue lyued at all And notwithstanding this hee neuer left of day nor night his trauaile in the workes of the Lorde he coulde not endure to heare the requestes and exhortations of hys friendes which they daylye made vnto him to the ende that he shoulde take some rest I wyll alledge onely two examples The yeare .1559 beyng assayled and maruellously greued with a feuer quartane he did notwithstanding in the chiefest of hys sicknesse set forth the laste edition of his Christian Institution and did translate it thorowe oute into Frenche Likewise in his last sicknesses which were the stone the goute the Hemorrhodes a Phthysike feuer shortnesse of wynd beside his ordinarie disease of the Miegrame be did him self translate wholly that great volume of his Commentaries vpon the foure laste Bookes of Moyses examined the translation of the fyrst made this booke vpō Iosue and did peruse the greatest part of the translation and annotations of the Newe Testament in sor● that he neuer ceased from writing but only eyght dayes before his death hys voice beginning to fayle him Beside hys innumerable paines and his charges in all the mischiefes and perilles wherein this poore Citie hath bene assayled within by many mutinous and desperate Citizens tormented without a hundred thousand wayes threatned by the greatest Kings and Princes of Christendome bicause it was alwayes a refuge and defence for all the poore children of God afflicted in Fraunce Italie Spayne Englande and else where it was so that Caluin bare alwaye the greatest burden to be short he myght well saye with S. Paule who is he that is troubled I do not sorrowe And it was not without cause that euery mā had his refuge to him for God had adorned him with so wyse and good councell that neuer man repented him of the following of it but I haue knowē many fal into great and extreme inconueniences which would not beleue him Thys hath bene founde so by many experiences and proofes namely in the seditions that happened the yeare .48 54. and .55 to breake and disorder the discipline of the Church where he thrust himself naked in among the swordes drawne and with hys presence wordes he so frayed the most desperate mutines of them that they were enforced to prayse God The lyke was in the conspiracie Catilinarie which was the verye yere .55 to haue murdred all the French by the Captaine of the towne named Amied Perrin and his conspirators which coniuration carying with it a maruellous number of daūgers and trauayles in the ende the Lords of hys great grace by the wysedome of hys seruaunt brought it to that passe that it is now at to wyt to the greatest quietnesse and felicitie that euer this Citie did knowe As touching his ordinary life dyet euery man cā witnesse that it was so temperate that ther was neuer excesse in it no more was there of nigardise but a commendable meane sauing that he had alwayes to small regarde to his health being cōtented for the space of many yeares with one repast in .xxiiij. houres and neuer receiuing any thing betwene his meales in such sort that all that euer the Phisitians could persuade him vnto in the point was that about half a yere before his last sicknesse he did take at times about noone a litle wine and would soupe of an egge the causes were the weakenesse of his stomack and the Miegrame for the which he saide hee coulde neuer find any remedy but a cōtinual dyet in suche sort as I haue knowen him oftentimes to eate no meate in two dayes Being of so smal a dyet he slept very little for the more parte he was cōstrained to warme him vpon his bedde whereon also hee hath made the greatest number of his bookes being continually happily occupyed in spirite This is the order that this excellent seruant of God did continuallye obserue forgetting himself to serue

that same very vehemencie I ought not to keepe silent that which is true and that I doe know Besyde his owne naturall inclination to choller hys witte being maruellous prompt the folly of many the multitude and infinite varietie of the affaires for the Church of GOD and towarde the later ende of hys lyfe hys great and continuall diseases had made him vnquiet and frowarde but sure hee was farre of from any delight therein for on the contrarie no man did better perceaue nor so much finde it as did hee Thys be sayde concerning hys lyfe and conuersation in hys house in whome this onely default that euer I knewe was tempered wyth so great and amiable vertues and so seldome or neuer at all acompanied with other vices which are alwayes wont to folowe the same that he neuer offended any of hys friendes neither in woorde nor deede But as touching in publique concerning the charge that GOD had committed vnto him it is there that I muste needes maruell at the great wysedome of God turning all things to hys glorye and chiefely in hys most singuler instrumentes and Organes Such as haue seene and knowen wyth what kinde of men he hath moste commonly had to doe the thinges that God hath declared and done by him the circumstāces of times and places they in deede may iudge wherto suche a vehemencie I say a vehemencie in déede Propheticall did serue and shall serue to all posteritie And that which made him ●ore maruellous was that nether hauing nor seeking any thing lesse than that which is so muche required by those that would be feared by meane of an outward apparance the moste obstinate and peruers were constrained to bende vnder the great power of God which did compasse about his faithful seruaunt They which shall reade his wrytinges and shall rightly seeke the glory of God shall there see this maiesty whereof I speake to shine As concerning such as doe at this day handle religion as they doe politique affaires which are more cold than yse in Gods cause and more enflamed than the fire in that which concerneth their particuler causes and which doe cal al the choller which is more frankly spoken than they woulde euen as he neuer sought to please such men euen so doe I thinke it not meete to stand about the answering of them What would these wise temperate men say then seing there is no question but of God if they had more earnestly felt such a choller I am sure they would haue bene also on their part as euill contented as I doe thincke and shall thinke my self happy during my life to haue enioyed so great and so rare a vertue bothe openly priuately Euen as I coulde neuer be weary of solacing my self in the absence of so worthy and excellent a personage in representing him vnto me by the discourse of his rare and exquisite vertues no more can I without very great sorowe make an end of that which resteth and may notwithstāding in no wise bee lefte vntouched for so muche as it is as it were the crowne and beautye of all his life Beside that God did place this great wisdom and vnderstanding in a weake bodye and disposed of it selfe to the disease of the Pthysike whereof he also died the studies of his youth had made him verye leane and weake and when he came once to the affaires he had alwaies so small respect concerning the trauaile of his mind that withoute the speciall grace of GOD whom it pleased to builde his Churche by the meanes of that instrumente it had not ben possible for him to haue come to the age which the Phisitians doe call the declining The yeare .1558 being required by the Lordes of Franckfort to make a voyage thyther to appease and prouide remedie for certaine troubles that were in the Frenche Church which was newlye receiued in to that towne at the retourne of thys long trauaylsome voyage he had a terciā feuer very sharpe which was as it were the first pushe at hys health in such sorte that in the yeare of our health .1559 hee was assayled with a long and perillous feuer quartane during the which to his great grief he was enforced to abstaine from both preaching and reading but hee was neuer vnoccupyed in his house what counsell so euer mē gaue him in sort that during that time hee began and ended his last Christian institution both in Latin and in French wherof wee will speake in the conclusion Thys sicknesse brought him so lowe that neuer afterward he coulde recouer his full health he drewe euer afterwarde hys right legge after him which oftentimes did greatly greeue him his auncient diseases put them in order also to wit the head ache and great rawnesses which caused a continuall defluxion hee was also greued with the Hemorrhoides so much the more in that that at some other time by chaūce that part was made verye weake the cause was for that he neuer suffered his minde to rest He had a continuall vnperfect digestion wherunto he neuer gaue any heede but when the disease compelled him The colliques also folowed and then in the ende the goute and the reast Beside this by strayning himselfe and by a gnawing defluxion hee fell into a spitting of bloud which did weaken him to the vttermost In the middest of so many diseases it is a thing very straunge that this sharpnesse of Spirit was rather letted than diminished and this dexteritie of iudgemēt nothing altered There was only this euil that the body coulde not followe the spirite albeit that he did sometime enforce himself vntil the time that he was so grieued wyth the shortnesse of his wynde that with great paine hee was scarcely able to remoue hym twoo or thre paces The Phisitiās employed all their industrie and he on his side did folow their counsel to the vttermost notwithstanding his griefes so many diseases togither mingled But it was all in vaine as he did alwaies say looking vp to Heauen speaking often these wordes Lorde how long And then in the ende he remained without stirring hauing yet the vse of hys speache but could not long speake or continue any purpose by meane of the shortnesse of his breath yet notwithstanding this he ceassed not to laboure For in this laste sicknesse as hath ben aboue said he did wholly translate out of Latin into frenche his Harmony vpon Moyses did peruse the Translation of Genesis wrote vppon this booke of Iosue and in the ende did peruse and correcte the greatest part of the Frenche notes vpon the Newe Testament whiche other men had before hande gathered Beside this he was alwaies occupied in the affaires of the churches answering by worde and by wryting when occasion required all be it that on our parte wee made request vnto him praying him to haue greater regard to himself but his answer was alway to vs that the whiche he did was nothing requiring vs to suffer that God