RIES, Hans de.

Ontdeckinghe der Dwalingen, Misduydinghen der H. Schrift ende verscheyden mis-slagen, begrepen in seecker boeck genaemt Raech-Besem, ...Hoorn, Jan Jansz. van Rijn, 1627. 8vo. With 1 woodcut headpiece and 2 tailpieces, 1 decorative woodcut initial and 1 interlaced initial. Contemporary overlapping vellum, red-sprinkled edges.

(12), 336, (2) (2 blank) pp. Hillerbrand, Anabaptist Bibl. 3420; OCLC WorldCat. (1 copy); Picarta (4 copies); STCN (4 copies); not in Van Alphen; Broekema; Knuttel (see 3774, a reaction to this publication); Tiele, Pamfletten; Wulp; for the author: NNBW II, col. 1210.Rare first and only edition of a reply to Nittert Obbesz. on a religious controversy amongst the seventeenth-century Dutch Mennonites. Hans de Ries (1553-1638) was a prominent Mennonite of the progressive and liberal branch, the "Waterlanders." In this tract he replies to Obbesz.'s 1625 Raegh-Besem (Knuttel 3632), about the nature of the word of God. Contrary to Obbesz.'s opinion, that the word of God means simply what is written in the Bible, De Ries holds the opinion that the word of God also refers to Jesus Christ, who is the word that was transformed. The word of God is therefore more than just a written text but is in fact God himself. De Ries and Obbensz. seem to have taken part in a lively discussion, and later in 1627 Jan Willemsz. responded to De Ries with his own pamphlet (Knuttel 3774). The "woodcut" initial is a casting made from a woodcut, while the interlaced initial is cast type. We have located five other copies, all at the Amsterdam University Library and the Royal Library at The Hague. With the library stamp and deaccession stamp of the Hilversum Public Library on the title-page. A very good copy. The binding with a small tear at the head of the spine. An interesting glimpse into seventeenth-century religious discussion.

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