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Hfetffoitf 6 f the pastor of the l&rgesfr Refoiroed Chtirch in the kingdom , that o £ Nimes , soon extended his reputation throughout the Protestant population of Prance 5 he became the leader , but the mild Und peaceable leader , > of the whole sfcet y the ^ Church <^ C # liiek be was fixed b £ cat * ie llte ^ i ^^ 'the
centre of religious correspondence for all the Calvinists in * the kingdom •> the point of union , at which vtf&te recfciyted the reports of the multiplied oppressions endured by the l ^ ftirmed in ev&ry part of France , \ vlidtf ^ # ^ ib ®
itfimtable result of the system of intolerance adopted since the R&r& $ tton : " of the Edict of Nantes . Stiifeings daily increased , not so much from the Pro gressive severity of persecution as ftitaf the progress of reason ariH philosophy , which shewed more clearly" the hatefulness of intolerance , and made it
seem more insupportable . The minds of the oppressed becaine irritatJ ^ and it was to be feared that those long and cruet persecutions would provoke acts of resistance ^ which might renew all the horrors' if ; tho ^ e civil and religious wars which had been so fatal to Fr&nice .
The influence of Patfl Rabaut tended powerfully to restrainthe dangerous exasperation of fe 0 ] fing thktr had befen produced ; but ,, at" the same titn £ , he considered it liis duty to set forth in
writing , and to transmit to the foot of the throne the just remonstrances whichi resounded on every side . Yet how should the memorial be presented to the king , when no one durst present it even to the commandants of the It
pro ^ ja €$ ea ^ was the pastor hto ^ cjlf , ac wiio had been proscribe Jy the laws , on whosie head a pricfeha ^ f long been set , who ' eharged himself with the dangerous office , which all others feared totsdke upon them . The public tranquillity , the peace and happiness 6 f millions of his countiy ^ en Wete ibt stake ; it was of the utmost ixxipofi % m . e& " toascertaiii iih ^ t the memor # 0 d'w <> i * ld be
put into tfce king ' s own hand ; little doubt being entertained of its favourable receptionif < he weireli ^ dtt ^ to ^ feadit himself . V Under these considerations , Paul lUbautv ^ terminfed to eiicounter every danger ; or rather , danger vanished i ^ on J > f the delightful ^ ^^» of hir ^ cfc ^
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pr ^ autioft <^ fl bemg accompanied W a g ^ m ; -mte ^^ mMm ^ *** ?* bam $ < 0 ari ^ ii ^ ht ^ f ^ he hM ® & ctou ^ e to ^ wairWa Mrning of the road , two leagues from : ;|? i * nes i for the Mstrqufe defl ^ dapdti | % fiio liad been Sent fi&tf
the Southern provinces of Pj ^ A ^ invested witfe great -rniMtary ^ pow ^ s , and y $ M then on ? his return"to Paris : stich ? fe the fearless confidence of a generous soul at the monlent or * perf < jrj 3 fting a noble action , the ^ and result " ^ % hich it is contemplating , that Paul jftabaut , on seeing the expected car ^ jage approach , gave Jus horse into th £ careof his guide , and 1 neglecting all precati ^ tipn , presented hi ^ aself to thfe Matr ^ ins , addressing him in the midst of his
guards . Paulmi stopped , and the proscribed Rabaut dared to announce his name and office , sjt the door of the carriage , to the military chief who had the power c ^ f making him a priisoiifer . THife Marquis , Struck with astonish ment and admiration at his courage , and resolved to equal him in magharuimity ; instead of availing himself of
Ms power * calmly listened to the intrepid pastor , received his memorial , and promised to deliver it himself to the ting : he fulfilled his promise , and from that period the persecutions on account of ^ eligum began to abate . The unwearied perseverte . ce of
Rabaut , in * immoring of the supreme authority th # toleration which benifevoiericie' % n || i policy dictated , and his courage in making known some of the abuse ^ y its delegated power , of which tKe subaltern agents were guiky ; subjected him v to renewed and : more pointed persecution : a price Was again set on his head ; but that circumstance ,
far from inspiring him with terror , served only to strengthen his calm intrepidity , and his generous devotion to his dutiesv The Protestants consequently be- ^ came more strongl y attached to th « 5 # religion and to their virtuous pastof ; the constancy they manifested , and Uieiif determination to suffer all that
could be inflicted on them ^ m ^ fthta renounce their opiniops , ' ^ fjMme ^ tO ' the ejaemies of toleration ^ tSi 0 $ ( Jeii , of attempting , by some fresh means , etth ^ fl ^^ p ^ tMr ^^ mylu ^ iik ^
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/ Stogrctp htcal Notice ' of T ^ uVJfhbtiS . ^ TZX
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1820, page 131, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2486/page/3/
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