Fresh petitions.—Aggravation of the persecutions from 1750 to 1755. —The intendant Guignard de Saint Priest.—Project for a general re-baptizement.—Excesses of the troops.—Armed resistance in the Cevennes.—Fears of the Government.—Martyrdom of François Benezet. —Abjuration and repentance of the pastor Jean Molines.—_Page 404-409._ XII. Pursuits ordered by the Duke de Richelieu.—Assemblies taken by surprise.—The convict Jean Fabre.—Martyrdom of the pastor Etienne Lafage.—Severity exercised in Saintonge, Montauban, Béarn, and Guienne.—Reclamations of the Protestants of Bordeaux.—_Page 409-416._ XIII. Paul Rabaut.—His life belongs to two epochs.—Commencement of his ministry.—Studies at Lausanne.—He is appointed pastor at Nismes. —Devotion, moderation, and great influence of this pastor.—His petition to the Marquis de Paulmy.—Caution of the intendants with respect to him.—His works.—His correspondence with the Prince de Conti.—Portrait of Paul Rabaut.—His preaching.—_Page 416-422._ XIV. Reaction of public opinion against intolerance.—Complaints of the clergy.—Last pursuits of the assemblies.—Synods of Lower Languedoc. —Arrest of the pastor François Rochette.—Disturbances at Caussade. —The three brothers Grenier.—Decree of the Parliament of Toulouse. —Firmness of Rochette and the three glass-manufacturers.—Their martyrdom.—Affair of Calas.—His death.—Reversal of his sentence. —_Page 422-430._ XV. Progress of toleration.—Synod of 1763.—Some local vexations. —Liberation of the religious convicts and prisoners.—Re-organization of many churches.—Normandy.—Bolbec.—Court de Gébelin at Paris. —Doubtful position of the Protestants.—Indifference of the philosophical school.—Necessity of a new legislation.—_Page 430-436._ XVI. Opinions of the lawyers.—Joly de Fleury.—Rippert de Monclar. —Servan.—Gilbert de Voisins.—Remonstrances of the clergy.—Projects of Turgot.—Scruples of Louis XVI.—Memorials of the Baron de Breteuil and of Rulhières.—Malesherbes.—Lafayette.—Assembly of the Notables. —Edict of Toleration.—Social position of the Reformed.—_Page 436-445._ BOOK THE FIFTH. FROM THE EDICT OF TOLERATION TO THE PRESENT TIME. (1787-1851.) I. General considerations.—Revolution of 1789.—Laws of the Constituent Assembly concerning religious liberty.—Rabaut.—Saint Etienne. —Analysis of one of his speeches.—His character and his death. —Proposition of Dom Gerle.—New decrees respecting the Protestants. —_Page 446-453._ II. Religious divisions in the south.—Origin and cause of these troubles. —François Froment.—Measures of the conspirators.—Popular rising at Montauban.—Nismes.—Report to the Constituent Assembly.—Rigour against the clergy.—The Decade.—Abjurations.—Persecutions. —Re-establishment of freedom of worship.—Death of Paul Rabaut. —_Page 453-462._ III.