Discours des vrayes raisons pour lesquelles ceux de la religion en France peuvent et doivent, en bonne conscience, résister par armes à la persécution ouverte que leur font les ennemis de leur religion et de l'Estat
La Rochelle: 1622. 96p. Contemporary limp vellum. Theophile Brachet De Lamiletiere(1596?-1665) was a French theologian. He studied at the University of Heidelberg and later practiced law at Paris. As per McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia, he became an elder of the Calvinist Church at Charenton and took an active part in the religious controversies at the time. He was arrested in 1627 while in Paris, France, suspected of being an agent of the Duke of Rohan. He was condemned to death and remained in jail for four years until he was pardoned by Richelieu. He then became an ardent supported of RichelieuMigne Dictionnaire de Biographie Chretienne et Anti-Chretienne vol. II col. 1507 writes that he was arrested in Toulouse in 1628. This work, which the Chamber of thet Edict in Beziers condemned by degree on October 6th, 1626, to be burned by the hand of the executioner has become extremely rare. The work is divided into three parts. In the first part, the Lamiletiere seeks to prove that the object of the war was the complete destruction of the Protestant Church in France. In the second part, he compared the Edict of Nantes to the Edict of Cyrus, maintaining that the rights of the subjects are based on a contract, and that if the king violates the pact, an insurrection is legitimate. The Maccabees is used as an example supporting his argument. In the third part he claims that a solid peace could not be established without the expulsion of the Jesuits and the convocation of a national council. Light marginal foxing, otherwise internally clean. Contemporary library shelf marking in brown ink on the inside front blank. Boards a little warped. Extremely rare. Worldcat only records four copies and none in the US. Item #2379
Price: $850.00