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Simon, John, and Barnabas 18
CHAPTER II. THE TEN PRIMITIVE PERSECUTIONS. The first persecution under Nero, A. D. 67 19 The second persecution under Domitian, A. D. 81 19 The third persecution under Trajan, A. D. 108 20 The fourth persecution under Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, A. D. 162 22 The fifth persecution commencing with Severus, A. D. 192 25 The sixth persecution under Maximinus, A. D. 235 27 The seventh persecution under Decius, A. D. 249 27 The eighth persecution under Valerian, A. D. 257 31 The ninth persecution under Aurelian, A. D. 274 34 The tenth persecution under Diocletian, A. D. 303 36
CHAPTER III. PERSECUTIONS OF THE CHRISTIANS IN PERSIA. Persecutions under the Arian heretics 45 Persecution under Julian the Apostate 46 Persecution of the Christians by the Goths and Vandals 47 Persecutions from about the middle of the Fifth, to the conclusion of the Seventh century 48 Persecutions from the early part of the Eighth, to near the conclusion of the Tenth century 49 Persecutions in the Eleventh century 51
CHAPTER IV. PAPAL PERSECUTIONS. Persecution of the Waldenses in France 53 Persecutions of the Albigenses 55 The Bartholomew massacre at Paris, &c. 57 From the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, to the French Revolution, in 1789 62 Martyrdom of John Calas 65
CHAPTER V. AN ACCOUNT OF THE INQUISITION. An account of the cruel handling and burning of Nicholas Burton, an English merchant, in Spain 73 Some private enormities of the Inquisition laid open by a very singular occurrence 76 The persecution of Dr. Ægidio 88 The persecution of Dr. Constantine 89 The life of William Gardiner. 90 An account of the life and sufferings of Mr. Wm. Lithgow, a native of Scotland 92 Croly on the Inquisition 101
CHAPTER VI. AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERSECUTIONS IN ITALY, UNDER THE PAPACY. An account of the persecutions of Calabria 107 Account of the persecutions in the Valleys of Piedmont 110 Account of the persecutions in Venice 117 An account of several remarkable individuals who were martyred in different parts of Italy, on account of their religion 119 An account of the persecutions in the marquisate of Saluces 122 Persecutions in Piedmont in the Seventeenth century 122 Further persecutions in Piedmont 126 Narrative of the Piedmontese War 134 Persecution of Michael de Molinos, a native of Spain 144
CHAPTER VII. AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERSECUTIONS IN BOHEMIA UNDER THE PAPACY. Persecution of John Huss 150 Persecution of Jerom of Prague 154 Persecution of Zisca 157
CHAPTER VIII. GENERAL PERSECUTIONS IN GERMANY. An account of the persecutions in the Netherlands 174
CHAPTER IX. AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERSECUTIONS IN LITHUANIA AND POLAND. 178
CHAPTER X. AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERSECUTIONS IN CHINA AND SEVERAL OTHER COUNTRIES. An account of the persecutions in Japan 181 Persecutions against the Christians in Abyssinia or Ethiopia 182 Persecutions against the Christians in Turkey 182 Persecutions and oppressions in Georgia and Mingrelia 183 An account of the persecutions in the States of Barbary 184 Persecutions in Spanish America 184
CHAPTER XI. AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERSECUTIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND PRIOR TO THE REIGN OF QUEEN MARY I. 186
CHAPTER XII. AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERSECUTIONS IN SCOTLAND, DURING THE REIGN OF KING HENRY VIII. 194 An account of the Life, Suffering and Death of George Wishart, &c. 197
CHAPTER XIII. PERSECUTIONS IN ENGLAND DURING THE REIGN OF QUEEN MARY. The words and behaviour of Lady Jane upon the scaffold 204 John Rogers, Vicar of St. Sepulchre's, &c. 205 The Rev. Mr. Lawrence Saunders 207 History, imprisonment, and examination of John Hooper 209 Life and conduct of Dr. Rowland Taylor, of Hadley 212 Martyrdom of Tomkins, Pygot, Knight, and others 214 Dr. Robert Farrar 216 Martyrdom of Rawlins White 217 The Rev. Mr. George Marsh 218 William Flower 220 The Rev. John Cardmaker, and John Warne 221 Martyrdom of Simpson, Ardeley, Haukes, and others 222 Rev. John Bradford, and John Leaf, an apprentice 223 Martyrdom of Bland, Middleton, Hall, Carver and many others 225 John Denley, Packingham, and Newman 226 Coker, Hooper, Lawrence and others 227 The Rev. Robert Samuel 227 G. Catmer, R. Streater and others 228 Bishops Ridley and Latimer 228 Mr. John Webb and others 233 Martyrdom of Rev. F. Whittle, B. Green, Anna Wright, and others 235 An account of Archbishop Cranmer 236 Martyrdom of Agnes Potten, Joan Trunchfield and others 245 Hugh Laverick and John Aprice 246 Preservation of George Crow and his Testament 247 Executions at Stratford le Bow 247 R. Bernard, A. Foster and others 248 An account of Rev. Julius Palmer 248 Persecution of Joan Waste 249 Persecutions in the Diocese of Canterbury 251 T. Loseby, H. Ramsey, T. Thirtell and others 252 Executions in Kent 252 Execution of ten martyrs at Lewes 254 Simon Miller and Elizabeth Cooper 255 Executions at Colchester 255 Mrs. Joyce Lewes 257 Executions at Islington 259 Mrs. Cicely Ormes 261 Rev. John Rough 262 Cuthbert Symson 263 Thomas Hudson, Thomas Carman, William Seamen 264 Apprehensions at Islington 265 Flagellations by Bonner 271 Rev. Richard Yeoman 272 Thomas Benbridge 274 Alexander Gouch and Alice Driver 275 Mrs. Prest 276 Richard Sharpe, Thomas Banion and Thomas Hale 280 T. Corneford, C. Browne, and others 280 William Fetty scourged to death 282 Deliverance of Dr. Sands 285 Queen Mary's treatment of her sister, the Princess Elizabeth 288 God's punishments upon some of the persecutors of his people in Mary's reign 295
CHAPTER XIV. THE SPANISH ARMADA. The destruction of the Armada 298 A conspiracy by the Papists for the destruction of James I, commonly known by the name of the Gunpowder Plot 310
CHAPTER XV. RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE PROTESTANT RELIGION IN IRELAND WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE BARBAROUS MASSACRE OF 1641. 315
CHAPTER XVI. THE RISE, PROGRESS, PERSECUTIONS AND SUFFERINGS OF THE QUAKERS. An account of the persecutions of Friends in the United States 337 Proceedings at a General Court in Boston, 1656 339 Proceedings at a General Court in Boston, 1657 340 An act made at a General Court at Boston, 1658 341
CHAPTER XVII. PERSECUTIONS OF THE FRENCH PROTESTANTS IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, DURING THE YEARS 1814 AND 1820. The arrival of king Louis XVIII at Paris 346 The history of the Silver Child 346 Napoleon's return from the Isle of Elba 347 The Catholic arms at Beaucaire 348 Massacre and pillage at Nismes 349 Interference of government against the Protestants 350 Letters from Louvois to Marillac 351 Royal decree in favour of the persecuted 352 Petition of the Protestant refugees 354 Monstrous outrage upon females 355 Arrival of the Austrians at Nismes 356 Outrages committed in the Villages, &c. 357 Further account of the Proceedings of the Catholics at Nismes 360 Attack upon the Protestant churches 361 Murder of General La Garde 363 Interference of the British government 363 Perjury in the case of General Gilly, &c. 365 Ultimate resolution of the Protestants at Nismes 367
CHAPTER XVIII. ASAAD SHIDIAK. Narrative of the conversion, imprisonment, and sufferings of Asaad Shidiak, a native of Palestine, who had been confined for several years in the Convent on Mount Lebanon 368 Public statement of Asaad Shidiak, in 1826 377 Brief history of Asaad Esh Shidiak, from the time of his being betrayed into the hands of the Maronite Patriarch, in the Spring of 1826 410
CHAPTER XIX. PERSECUTIONS OF THE BAPTIST MISSIONARIES IN INDIA, DURING THE YEAR 1824. Removal of the prisoners to Oung-pen-la—Mrs. Judson follows them 430
CHAPTER XX. PERSECUTIONS OF THE WESLEYAN MISSIONARIES IN THE WEST INDIES. Case of Rev. John Smith 449 Persecutions of the Wesleyan Methodists in St. Domingo 450 Persecutions at Port au Prince 450
CHAPTER XXI. PERSECUTIONS IN SWITZERLAND FROM 1813 TO 1830. Persecutions in the Pays de Vaud 461
CHAPTER XXII. SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF SOME OF THE MOST EMINENT REFORMERS. John Wickliffe 464 Martin Luther 468 John Calvin 473 Agency of Calvin in the death of Michael Servetus 475 Calvin as a friend of Civil Liberty 478 The life of the Rev. John Fox 482 Errors, rites, ceremonies, and superstitious practices of the Romish church 487
CHAPTER XXIII. SKETCH OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF 1789, AS CONNECTED WITH THE HISTORY OF PERSECUTIONS. 489 Massacre of prisoners 496 Death of Louis XVI and other members of the Royal Family 499 Dreadful scenes in La Vendée 501 Scenes at Marseilles and Lyons 501 The installation of the Goddess of Reason 506 Fall of Danton, Robespierre, Marat and other Jacobins 508

BOOK OF MARTYRS CHAPTER I. HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN MARTYRS TO THE FIRST GENERAL PERSECUTION UNDER NERO.

The history of the church may almost be said to be a history of the trials and sufferings of its members, as experienced at the hands of wicked men. At one time, persecution, as waged against the friends of Christ, was confined to those without; at another, schisms