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tyrdom , proving that the Protestaatsr were penetrated with this sentiment , he hoped that some who had fallen into a momentary error might be reclaimed . He repaired , notwithstanding the various perils to which he had long
been exposed , to the first place of rendezvous ; he there found himself surrounded by unreflecting and impetuous young people , wholly absorbed by the desire of executing their project . Their minds were in such a state of
agitation , and their feelings so exasperated , that the pastor , who had hitherto always found his numerous flock yield to his gentle sway , could not at first even make himself heard . In vain
he represented that their enterprise was a culpable revolt ; that it was likewise a mad attempt , since they were undisciplined and badly armed ; that it would expose the province and the whole kingdom to the fatal
conflagration of a civil and religious war , of which they were lighting the first spark . He reminded them of the doctrine he had always preached , that it is the duty of Christians under
persecution to be faithful not only to their God , but also to their king ; he pointed out the commands and the example of Jesus Christ , of the apostles , and of the primitive Christians ; the honour
which they might reflect upon the religion transmitted to them b y these instructors ; the deserved punishment they were about to bring on themselves : the disavowal of their own
brethren $ the patient perseverance of their ancestors ; he spoke with enthusiasm of thefatfe of those martyrs whose execution they had witnessed , dwelling on the admiration with which
they had themselves regarded them ; lastly , he represented that their project iqg | va&i and aimless , since the guards h $ d orders to destroy their prisoner in case ^ fe ^ ajltack , and therefore , far ftf > i » saving him , they would but hasten his death , aud ^ at the same time deprive liim of the po ^ irfof dying gloriously , by rendering him suspected of favouring their revolt . < 4 Zfc ; pourtte */ ' rephed . they ^ nf ^ we arei 4 ^ termined to
b | purim : «^ cteter-«^ f ^ ^ Wtl # ^ 4 ? ' , Despairing then ^ f iS ^ to sentiments WfiW ^ if ^ ^ WIp wo uJ 4 >|] i ^ f , ^ iv # | . midmMRifpHtt
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sakes , now hear # &d converse Vrtth yon , how sineesrely % > ttl& toe blai&e your imsguidedtlovefdr him ; he wouB disown ydiyf eaterprise , and command you to retire . Ajr ! if the ALaii ghty have appointed a similar fate for me , I conjure you beforehand , I exact
from your affection , that you suffer me to die in peace : may I never be the cause of those tears " which your diath would extort from your parents , your friends , and y ^ ur agitated country , nor the cause of those calamities which would follow your rebellion . On this condition alone I will continue
to exercise amdngst you the sacred functions—that , under sirpilar circumstances < rydu will leave me in the hands of Prbiriifence and of the laws / ' This short address , in ? wilich the speaker represented himself in the situation of t \ xe captive , disarmed the young men ' s
fury ; they listened to tne cherished voice , and , filled with veneration for their excellent pastor , bewailed their momentary dereliction , imploring heaven that they might not one day have the grief of witnessing the martyrdom of him who had recalled them to
patience and virtue . Paul Rabaut , having thus gained over the first assemblage of persons , took some of them with him and went forward to the parties occupying the
other posts : to them he held the same language , and with equal success : the multitude peaceably retired . The escort , astonished at finding no obstacle , conducted the prisoner to Montpellier , where he was executed , on the 1 st of
Febru | ury , 1746 . The fortitude he displayed at his execution drew tears from the' eyes of all who saw and liptened to him . < The remeiftbimc ^ oif this event , cherished by the Ptfotestants in that part of the country ; the
sermons of their pastors inculcating the principles of the Reformation , and the perfect resignation with which numbers submitted to barbarous executions , ter iiiied p ^ W ^ tlully to maintain therreiigious belief f ^ f ; > tl ^ e ? Bco testaatjsr > arid th ^ feffideli ty to theu ? prince . \ ¦ "'• ' . With what adn ^ uration must we view the conduct of tW | " ^^ Srtuous B ^ pjafcut ^ who , by tshftv : 4 « M which I ^ vete&ti ^^ tfa-m ^^ * pitt « a ^ transg ^^ tife bounds of d he not c < to ^ forward oh this iinporta ^
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134 Biographical Notice of Paul Rtibaut .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1820, page 134, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2486/page/6/
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