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I had no talk with Perrin about your letter. I was unwilling to
touch that sore, until it should have been somewhat mollified by
the lapse of time. If there is any news, provided it be certain, let
us immediately know, I pray you.
[_Lat. orig. autogr._--_Library of Geneva._ Vol. 106.]
[76] The Commentaries on the four Epistles of St. Paul to the
Galatians, the Ephesians, the Philippians, and the Colossians, were
not published until 1548, by the bookseller Girard, of Geneva. Is
there a previous edition of the Commentary on the Galatians? We are
not aware of any.
[77] This, one of the most remarkable of the works of Calvin,
appeared only in 1550.
[78] This apparent reconciliation was without satisfactory result.
Perrin could not tolerate, nor Calvin sacrifice, the right of
censure vested in the Consistory, and which the excesses of the
_Libertins_ daily rendered more necessary. "Complaints to the
Council by M. Calvin regarding the dissoluteness of the youth, there
being nothing more common in the city than acts of debauchery and
licentiousness."--_Registers of Council_, 11th October 1546.