From Rise of Protestantism in France to Publication of the Institutes - James Aitken Wylie

scale against the sword of Pepin.
As the cradle of Moses was placed by the side
of the throne of Pharaoh, the Church's great
oppressor, so the cradle of this second Moses was
placed by the side of the chair of Pepin, the
"Eldest; Son of the Church," and the first of those
vassal kings who stood round the Papal throne; and
from the court of France, as Moses from the court
of Egypt, Calvin went forth to rend the fetters of
his brethren, and ring the knell of their oppressor's
power. The contrasts and resemblances of history
are instructive as well as striking. They shed a
beautiful light upon the Providence of God. They
show us that the Great Ruler has fixed a time and a
place for every event and for every man; that he
sets the good over against the evil, maintaining a
nice and equitable poise among events, and that
while the laws of his working are eternal, the
results are inexpressibly varied.
We have seen Calvin return to Paris in 1529.
He was present in that city during those four
eventful years when the novel and stirring scenes
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