[_Calvin's Lat. Corresp._ Opera, tom. ix. p. 234.]
[362] It is to this sad loss that Calvin alludes in so remarkable
a manner in his answer to the Jurisconsult Baudouin:--"Wishing to
clear himself from the charge of a want of natural affection brought
against him, Balduin twits me with my want of offspring. God had
given me a son. God hath taken my little boy. This he reckons up
among my misdeeds, that I have no children. I have myriads of sons
throughout the Christian world."--_Responsio ad Balduini Convitia._
Geneva, 1561.