Nootvvendich en-levendich verhael van het ghene tot Amstelredam by de inghesetene schutters, burgeren ende negotianten eenigen tijt herwaerts is gepasseert. Tot verdedinghe der onschuldighe ende onderrechtinge der misleyde.

Beschrijving

Without place or printer, 1629, 4to., marbled paper binding (kievietsmarmer) with handwritten titleplate on the front, [26] pp., cover worn along the spine, some minor waterstains, with a decorative vignet on the titlepage and a decorative initial. Ex library copy (Stamp: ‘Biblioth. Amsterdam’) with an inventory stamp (‘Ned. Bond van Burgerwachten’).

Interesting pamphlet connected to Arminianism and the Remonstrants. Arminianism is a movement of Protestantism initiated in the early 17th century, based on the theological ideas of the Dutch Reformed theologian Jacobus Arminius and his historic supporters known as Remonstrants. From 1618 Arminians across Holland were removed from office, imprisoned, banished, and sworn to silence. Twelve years later, Holland officially granted Arminianism protection as a religion, although animosity towards Arminians remained.

The sentiment of this pamphlet is anti Arminian. It compares Arminianism to the devil: ‘gelijck den duyvel nimmermeer en rust, soo is den Arminiaenschen geest hem daer in seer gelijck (…)’.

Lit: Knuttel 3951, Van der Wulp 2098, Tiele 2328,