Note 182 — XLII.—To Farel.
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Here is the passage of the letter of Luther, containing a flattering allusion to the letter of Calvin to Sadolet: "Bene vale, et salutabis D. Joannem Sturmium et Joannem Calvinum quorum libellos cum singulari voluptate legi. Sadoletum optarem ut crederet, Deum esse creatorem hominum etiam extra Italiam. Sed hæc persuasio non penetrat corda Italorum, cum tam soli præ cæteris exuerint plane humanum sensum præ superbia."—Dr. Martin Luther's Briefe, edit. de Wette, tom. v. p. 411.