[protestantisme] - Het Sweetse geloof - 1650

What does the sweet faith, what do vows drive mad, what do temples benefit? What good can a bee or sacred religion do, that remains like madness in deception and delusion? - printed in Meenen, in the misguided faith, next to hopeless mercy - 8 p - 19.5 x 15.5 cm

The pamphlet is a rare example of religious polemics from the Southern Netherlands, a region where Catholic pamphlets against Protestantism were frequently printed.
The 'Sweetse faith' refers to the influence of Sweden as a Protestant superpower in the 17th century, especially during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648).
Pamphlets like these were intended to warn believers against heresy and to strengthen the Catholic identity.

The pamphlet is a critical text about the 'Swedish faith,' which almost certainly refers to Swedish Protestantism.
The Latin phrase 'quid vota furentem, quid delubra juvant?' means: 'What benefit do vows or temples have for a raging person?' — a classical reference to the uselessness of religious rituals for those who are lost or misled.
The Dutch passage emphasizes that pilgrimages and holy religion are of no help if one remains in 'deceit' (fraud, heresy).
The pamphlet fits into the Counter-Reformation polemic, in which Catholic authors attacked Protestantism and defended their own tradition.