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      tjsne in iMfoffl ^ t ^ ' ^ rattapooiiy t ^ battday ^ sfo tbfct l ^^ ftSievinqmraiwifc yfobfiQ « &SMmffM ^ h ^ i nc ^^ ts ^ i ^^ vtedi ^ vftiri b € te ^ ? kf ) WHf toVtye ^ omffitte <§ jby ^ asnatfore dfntfofct Vaitey * : j ?< The answer-was * - < # No ^ nev&r ; the only * thwig ofUhe * kiiid * 6 veT heard of was thamtirdep of < his wife by < ai madman some time ago , who had firsthrepsateflly attempted his own life * " In reply to ; my inquiry ^ whether the Vaudois believed Jesus Christ to be God , I was told , "Yes ^ they'beBevM him jto be God and Man * " While in this Valley , I made inquiries respect ^ shed

      ing * & ^ distingui Vaudois minister , who was born here and educated under his uncle , the pastor of Pomeretto . I refer to M . Ghtide Brez ,- author of a History of the Vaudois , in the French language , which appeared in the year . 1794 . I did not see this work until I had been several weeks in the country , and was gratified by finding that the views which , from my first coming , I had taken of the religious character and sentiments of the Wai * denses were completely confirmed by this ntftive historian . M . Brez left the ? ¦ w ^ - »* » • . ir' ^ . ¦• - 1 _ \ T \ m •• maim w «

      Valleys young , and was ministen at Utrecht wherehe died m 1797 . Hi& work only extends to the year 1665 * the death of the author preventing its completion . It is a proof o £ the es ^ mation in wbteh thi $ wof k is held that Professor Mounier , of Rottenfemjalsoa Vaudojsy has annbuneed his intend tion of continuing it to the present day ^ The ^ tjio ^ of the Fdeiich ^ « Bfo * graphie Univer&clle" who ; being € a&ioMcs ^ i are very Bparin ^ in itheir Gottt * mendation of Protestants when they wpite against j $ fo& Ofeur ^ i tf M&tm ? as M > Brez does , say of the author ^ tha ^ i ^ jeducated inthe religion itff tft £ Va&i

      dois , he writes with wrmf& , method , aad ^ Vol . VII ., Brez . ( G . ) It is entitled * ** Histoke ties Vaudoi ^ oi ^ detf ffej ^ tans des Yallees Occidentales 4 tt Pjeoaoti ^ qui ont conserve le Ghristi « nirtfe > dans toute sa purete eti travers plus de trente Persecutions , depuis le ^ pf ^ mii ^^ siecles de son existence jusquV a nos : joursj ^ ans avoir partici pe ^ aiiK ^^ i ^ forme . - Without date , printer , or author ^ name . Bu t the 'teiteip ^^ ii ^

      frbm the writer in speaking of one of the martyr ^ << > GuM&Eteti } ty ? mfim rianie cut the author . " Preface , p . 14 , dated Utretcht , 1794 ^ ; Ar «« Wo ^ i * exceedingfy scarce , and is probably almost unknown in' Eh ^ ttn ^ ligJaflP give t a few extracts from it in the original French . If it be allowed fo y afford a correct picture of the temper and spirit of the fellow-countrymen ^ of the author ^ it will be seen , that , to take no higher ground , one of die most ancient churches in Christendom is at the present day one of the most liberal

      and rational . Preface , p . xxxiv ., the author , having laid down the fundamental principles of natural and Christian liberty , proceeds : " Ces trofe pitneipes poses ; je dis qu'il n ' est aucun homme , aucun corps , aucune ^ asseM ^ blee ^ , aucune autorite quelconque sur la terre , qui ait le droit de ^ ing ^ r ^ dans la Croyance de quelque homme que se soit , de lui prescrire desartfcles de foi , ou de lui demander compte de ceux qu'il a adoptes . " At p . X ^ kviii ; he observes , " L'evangile est la seule r £ gle immuable de la foi , et fEtte Supreme a laiss ^ a chaque homme le soin de Texpliquer suivant le d ^ gr 6 d ^ ses lumieres , parceque son but n ' est pas tant de nous proposer tdles etteltes vefcite ^^ croireycomme plusieurs personnes se rimmaginent , que de no ^ is

      rendretbusplus humainss plwsdoux , plus modestes plus vertueux , enuri mot , et par M m ^ me , p lus hettreux . Tels ont ete de tout terns les principetf der CbrMc ^ de n o » vailed ; teis ils sont encore aujoujpd'hut . L ' Evangilej ^ t leur juge uniq ue immuable . Ils ne tiennent aucun compte de tous ces echafauckgead ' opinions que tant de sectes ont eleVe awtour de lui . Jaimife aucun < J * entr '* m x ne pretendit preserire £ t ses frdrfes sa er ^ yance / cotetofe ' . ¦ : . , . : ,, v : i \ y ... li ¦ , . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' :- >< ¦ : t - ¦ '

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1827, page 813, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1802/page/29/