VERY DEAR BROTHER,--At the suasion of the most of the good brethren
hereaway, I have written to our good brother Calvin that there
is a need of him to come to the help of his brethren of Geneva,
without taking any heed to the injury which had been done to Jesus
Christ in chasing him away, but that he will have to consider the
desolation in which they are, and his own bounden duty; wherefore I
have written to him to let me know his mind, before that they send
away a deputation to him. I shall, besides, entreat of you on your
part, that you do charge and persuade him what he ought to do. I
say no more to you. Your letter has been very well taken by those
hereabout, and I believe that it will greatly profit them, and they
hold themselves specially bounden to you for having mind of them
in their time of need, and by that shewing evidently that you are
a true pastor, not of those who leave them exposed to danger. For
the rest, the Lord has done his pleasure as concerning Sir Michel
Balthazar. It is a great loss for the town so far as man can see.
Nevertheless his will must be done, and none other. May the Lord
enable you to persevere as you have begun. From Geneva, this 3d
October 1540.--To the uttermost, your friend and brother,