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History of the Sabbath and First Day of the Week - John N. Andrews

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instructed <strong>the</strong>ir children in <strong>the</strong> articles <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Christian faith <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> comm<strong>and</strong>ments <strong>of</strong> God. The<br />

king having heard <strong>the</strong> report <strong>of</strong> his commissioners,<br />

said with an oath that <strong>the</strong>y were better men than<br />

himself or his people."[39]<br />

We fur<strong>the</strong>r read concerning <strong>the</strong> Vaudois, or<br />

Waldenses, as follows:--<br />

"The respectable French historian, De Thou,<br />

says that <strong>the</strong> Vaudois keep <strong>the</strong> comm<strong>and</strong>ments <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Decalogue, <strong>and</strong> allow among <strong>the</strong>m <strong>of</strong> no<br />

wickedness, detesting perjures, imprecations,<br />

quarrels, seditions, etc."[40]<br />

It may be proper to add that in 1686 <strong>the</strong><br />

Waldenses were all driven out <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> valleys <strong>of</strong><br />

Piedmont, <strong>and</strong> that those who returned <strong>and</strong> settled<br />

in those valleys three years afterward, <strong>and</strong> from<br />

whom <strong>the</strong> present race <strong>of</strong> Waldenses is descended,<br />

fought <strong>the</strong>ir way back, sword in h<strong>and</strong>, pursuing in<br />

all respects a course entirely different from that <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> ancient Waldenses.[41]<br />

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