Tracts & Letters (Vol 4) - Calvin - X - Letters XCV to CVII

Required reading
Tracts and Letters (Volume 4) by John Calvin (Available from Amazon or free here) - Read Letters XCV to CVII.

My summary
Today we read letters from 1542 and 1543 addressed to Viret, Bullinger, Michael Varod, Monsieur Le Cure De Cernex, Melanchthon, Conrad Pelican, the Seigneury of Geneva and the pastors of the church of Geneva.

The content of today's letters included:
(i) the relationship between Berne and Geneva;
(ii) the selling of ecclesiastical property;
(iii) the first Italian congregation at Geneva;
(iv) the plague;
(v) Calvin's relationship with Melanchthon;
(vi) church discipline;
(vii) accusations against Farel;
(viii) the spread of the gospel at Metz;
(ix) Caroli.

What grabbed me
I appreciated Calvin's comments about his work: 'You can scarce believe with what a load of business I am here burdened and incessantly hurried along; but in the midst of these distractions there are two things which most of all annoy me. My chief regret is, that there does not appear to be the amount of fruit that one may reasonably expect from the labour bestowed;'.

It is indeed hard when you see little fruit for your labour. 

But it is good to remember that none of our work goes unnoticed by our King.

Next week's reading
Read Letters CVIII to CXXI.

Now it's your turn
Please post your own notes and thoughts in the comments section below.