Disinterested Sentiments on the Retreat of the Pastors of France

Plan of this Work.

Pastors could and should
have done according to the rules of
their duty. We then refute the
two responses he made to the ob-
jection he poses to himself
on this subject, page 98 and following;
and, to anticipate the objection
that might be added regarding the
obedience that each person owes to
sovereign authority The author is referring to the absolute power of King Louis XIV, who had revoked the Edict of Nantes, effectively outlawing Protestantism., we show in what
way each person is obliged to obey,
and in what way each person is
obliged to disobey: we add to
this some remarks which show
that the Pastors, before this last
action The "last action" refers to the mass exodus of ministers into exile. had already grown
accustomed to obeying human
authority in many things when
it was necessary to disobey it
to obey God. We then show
that the Pastors could not
have been legitimately accused
of rashness original: "temerité"; here meaning a reckless or unauthorized pursuit of martyrdom. if they had
chosen to remain in
France despite the orders
that expelled them; and after sev-