Lions and Donkeys and Apes, Oh My!

While I was doing some research on Calvin v. Heshusius for my Controversial Calvinism blog, I ran across this extremely tantalizing little tidbit. Referring to Tileman Heshusius, Calvin writes (quite caustically) the following:

In like manner this fine writer, to seize upon the minds of the readers, collects from his master Melancthon apt and elegant sentences by which he may ingratiate himself or give an air of majesty, just as if an ape were to get clothed in purple, or an ass to cover himself with a lion’s skin.

Has Calvin been reading C. S. Lewis?? Oh my!

P.S. I found the quote on an online resource. The quote could be found (I presume) in Theological Treatises but I don't know the page number. It should be near the beginning of his treatment of his dispute with Heshusius on the Lord's Supper.

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