Disinterested Sentiments on the Retreat of the Pastors of France

Plan of this Work.

treat of their Pastors; but
that on the contrary the
reluctance that the ancient
Pastors The author refers here to the early Church Fathers or historical martyrs, contrasting their willingness to stay and face persecution with the contemporary ministers' decision to flee. showed toward
flight forms a very legitimate
prejudice against this
retreat. Finally, we also dismantle the
third prejudice, taken from the
marks of esteem that those
who did not fall, In the context of the Huguenot persecutions, to "fall" meant to recant one's faith and convert to Catholicism under duress. Those who "did not fall" were those who remained in France and continued to practice Protestantism in secret or under suffering. & who
still suffer for the Gospel
have given in their letters to
some of the Pastors who have
left the Kingdom: all this con-
tains the refutation of what the
Author of the Apology Refers to a specific contemporary work, likely an "Apology for the Pastors," which defended their right to seek exile. says
from page 70 up to page 89.

We then agree with this
Author on the difficulties that
stood in the way of the Pastors
staying in France, but we
maintain that there being no
absolute impossibility, these
were difficulties that one
had to fight; & to answer
the request he makes on page
93, we show in passing what the