(RELIGION). ROCHEFORT, Samson de. Satan Brise sous les Pieds des Fideles.
(RELIGION). ROCHEFORT, Samson de. Satan Brise sous les Pieds des Fideles.
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(RELIGION). ROCHEFORT, Samson de. Satan Brise sous les Pieds des Fideles. (Bergerac: André Boysset`, 1665) 143, [1] pp. (175 x 107 mm.) Contemporary limp vellum, lower with a few ink pen trials, and upper cover with a name written in very small lettering (E. C. Basliov?). Front pastedown with name in ink (Dornier?); title with ink stamp of Js. Ae. Rabaut; first leaf of preface partially censored, with the first salutation blocked out with old paper, and a clarifying note added below. Vellum wrinkled and with some small marks and soiling, small patch of loss on one edge; a dozen pages with dampstaining, but very clean throughout.
An apparently unrecorded Protestant sermon on the struggle between God and the Devil, coinciding with the end of religious tolerance in France.
The subject of this fiery sermon centers on Romans 16:20: "And the God of peace crush Satan under your feet speedily." The line follows Paul's warning to be vigilant for those spreading derision and false teachings, and assures the faithful that God will ultimately triumph over Satan. According to the title page, the sermon was first given in 1650 at the Grand Temple of the Reformed Church of Montpellier. The timing of this printing some 15 years later must have been connected with the increasingly oppressive treatment of Protestants under the reign of Louis XIV, leading up to the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. It is interesting to note that the first salutation in the preface to the present work, addressed to the those "taking possession" of the reformed religion, was censored by an early owner.
We find no copies of this work on OCLC or in any of the usual bibliographies, and just one record at auction, which sold at Christie's in 1996 as part of a group of works related to witchcraft. A penciled note on the front free endpaper suggests that this copy was once part of bookseller Bill Wreden's collection of witchcraft, magic, and folklore. (C1137)
