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272 VI. GREAT KINGS ANt) BISHOPS (A.D. 15931718).
with hearing the abuse of God which has been uttered by
this stranger. Let us pray God that He may convert this
misguided man." Forbes courteously replied, with un
daunted pertinacity :
"
May God convert us all !" Forbes
ability was admired by the Swedes, but they were glad to
find that he had no answer to one of Professor Peter Rud-
beckius arguments, and hence they sometimes use the
proverb
"
Ad haec Forbesius nihil."
21
The king, however, was not pleased with the crude
Calvinism of his champion, and Forbes shortly afterwards
left the kingdom. He returned with a union project in
1610, but it proved useless. He died in i634.
22
It is pleasant to contrast with this the delightful welcome
given to one of our party, Dr. A. J. Mason, Vice-Chan
cellor of Cambridge University, by the professors and
students of the same university of Upsala, when he came,
not to convert Sweden, but to expound the position of the
Church of England on 22nd September, 1909.
Olaus Martini died in 1609, only fifty-two years of age,
the year after the disputation at Upsala. He was a dili
gent preacher, especially in his cathedral, and lectured
regularly also to the students. He was succeeded by the
Bishop of Skara, Petrus Kenicius (1555 1636), who had
been one of the professors who suffered in the disputes
about the liturgy. Charles IX. died in 161 1, and the arch
bishop continued in office during the whole of the succeed
ing reign, that of Gustavus Adolphus, whom he crowned
in 1617. He was a zealous and diligent man, and did
much to stimulate the king s generosity towards the
university; but in his old age the diocese of Upsala fell
behind those of his younger contemporaries. He died in
1636, having been archbishop for twenty-seven years, that
is far the next longest period to Laurentius Petri Nericius.
21
Norlin proves that this was not the famous John Rudbeckius
(as Baaz and others have it), but probably his brother, Peter.
22
Norlin, pp. 62-3, mentions the second visit. On Forbes
generally see Diet, of National Biography, s.n. The article,
strangely enough, contains no notice of this disputation.
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