Author: [SMOUT, Adriaan Joriszoon (reply to)].
Title: Voorlooper. Over Adriani Smoutii schriftuerlyck jae, dienende tot openinge ende recht verstandt van synen toe-eyghen-brief aen de E.M. Heeren Staten, aengaende de questie: of de vyf verschillighe poincten de salicheyt raecken of niet. Ghestelt door eenen lief-hebber der waerheyt, tot dienste van alle ghetrouwe ondersaten ende vreed-lievende menschen hier te lande.Rotterdam, Matijs Bastiaensz., [1613]. 4to. Disbound.
Description: [32] pp.First and only edition of an anonymous pamphlet criticizing religious matters as advocated by the Remonstrants, published in answer to a pamphlet by the ultra-orthodox minister Adriaan Joriszoon Smout (1580-1646). Smout had published his pamphlet, entitled Schriftverlic ja over de vraghe, of leer-pointen ... het fondament der salicheyt raken ofte niet, in 1613. He stated, amongst other things, that the States should punish heresy and blasphemy with the death penalty. The States of Holland, however, were not amused by Smout's ideas: they banned the pamphlet and send Smout into exile. The present pamphlet disagrees with Smout's harsh opinions, and pleads for tolerance and peace within the Dutch Protestant Church.Slightly browned, especially around the margins. Stitches loosened, first quire detached from the rest. Otherwise in good condition.l Knuttel 2073; NNBW III, cols. 941-944; STCN 832939587; Tiele, Pamfletten 1090.

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