Note 516 — Chapter XIII
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In a letter from Calvin to the Duke of Somerset in 1548, the Reformer says: “As I understand you have two kinds of mutineers against the King and the estates of the realm; the one are a fantastical people who under colour of the Gospels would set all to confusion; the others are stubborn people in the superstition of the Antichrist of Rome. These altogether do deserve to be well punished by a sword, seeing they do conspire against the King and against God who had set him in the royal seat. Of all things let there be no moderation. It is the bane of genuine improvement” (MSS. Edward VI., vol. v.).