Disinterested Sentiments on the Retreat of the Pastors of France

Plan of this Work.

made regarding the persecution of the Re-
formed Churches Reformed Churches: The French Protestant (Huguenot) movement which followed the theological traditions of John Calvin., & regarding the mea-
sures that had been taken for a
long time to destroy them:
some reflections are made on the first
mistakes that the Protestants original: "Reformés"
initially committed by allowing themselves
to be stripped of the privileges which
were the primary bonds of their union, &
upon which their preservation
depended; it is shown how after
that the individual Churches
were ruined one after the o-
ther, without anyone being able to take
a collective interest in their preser-
vation. In this regard, several
specific facts are reported; it is
demonstrated how important
it was that the entire body of Protestants
of the Kingdom Kingdom: Here referring to the Kingdom of France under the absolute rule of the Bourbon monarchs. should take a collective
interest in each indivi-
dual Church, as they
were attacked or as some
breach was made against the Edict of Nantes Edict of Nantes: A landmark 1598 decree granting religious rights to French Protestants, which was systematically dismantled throughout the 17th century.; &
it is then shown how, for lack