The Huguenot Bartholomew Dupuy and his descendants

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6 RISE AND PROGRESS OF HUGUENOTS.
introd. whose import was to overthrow the subtleties
of the Schoohiien and observancies of popery.
Indeed, it must have been strange sounds
reverberating through the halls of the University,
when Lefevre taught that, "It is God
alone who gives righteousness through faith,
who by grace alone justifies unto eternal
life"; the doctrine which contradicted the
teachings of four centuries, and gave rise to
the Reformed religion.
of Lefevre at that time
Farei Among the pupils
becomes ayyg^s William Farel, who listened earnestly to
former, the doctriue and for whom it had an indescribable
charm. He embraced the doctrine
at once with all the ardor of his soul, and his
conversion to it was as prompt and decisive
as that of Paul. He then began to study
Greek and Hebrew, and to read the Scriptures
earnestly and constantly, when greater light
dawned upon him. He consecrated the labors
of his life to the great cause of the Reformation,
and his courage, influence and power
Farei became wide and irresistible. He was com-
Som Polled to flee from France in 1523, when he
France, retired to Switzerland. Beza says of Farei
that, **
Undismayed by difficulties, threats,
abuse, or blows, he won over to Jesus Christ
Montbelliard, Neufchatel, Lausanne, Aigle
and flnally Geneva."
But Farei was not the only pupil who
yielded to the teaching of Lefevre, the great
theologian from Etaples. In the University
he trained other scholars who were to enlist in
the cause.
wm. William Briconnet, born in Paris 1470, was
be"ome°1'^^^ther. He was a man of considerable learn-
Reformering, of a fouducss for the subtleties of reflned
mysticism, and of a kind and gentle temper.