spoke so deliberately, it was easy to write down all that he said. No doubt, Calvin’s condition aided the amanuensis Raguenier in copying down all that Calvin said in his sermons. Calvin ‘abhorred and denounced long sermons and prayers. He himself is credited with having limited his discourses to half an hour’s length.’28 Part of this may have been due to his respiratory condition, that is, shortness of breath meant shortness of sermons. On the other hand, the brevity of the sermon is more likely