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CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: Medley of Voices in Swelling Chorus PFF3 482

France now provides two additional witnesses-the Catholic Jansenist Judge Agier and the Protestant Bishop Gobat of Jerusalem. Utterly different in their testimony, they nevertheless form part of the medley of voices in the swelling chorus on the approaching advent. And to these is to be added the Swiss lawyer and statesman Nicole, who discussed and defended the 2300 years with unusual understanding. Then John Fry, English clergyman, completes the quartet of this chapter. With two of these men, as with many of their predecessors, the 2300 years is the theme of discussion. We turn first to the noted Jansenist jurist. PFF3 482.1