Contents.
CHAPTER I. HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN MARTYRS TO THE FIRST GENERAL PERSECUTIONS UNDER NERO.
Martyrdom of St. Stephen, James the Great, and Philip 16
Matthew, James the Less, Matthias, Andrew, St. Mark and Peter 17
Paul, Jude, Bartholomew, Thomas, Luke, Simon, John, and Barnabas 18
CHAPTER II. THE TEN PRIMITIVE PERSECUTIONS.
The first persecution under Nero, AD 67 19
The second persecution under Domitian, AD 81 19
The third persecution under Trajan, AD 108 20
The fourth persecution under Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, AD 162 22
The fifth persecution commencing with Severus, AD 192 25
The sixth persecution under Maximinus, AD 235 27
The seventh persecution under Decius, AD 249 27
The eighth persecution under Valerian, AD 257 31
The ninth persecution under Aurelian, AD 274 34
The tenth persecution under Diocletian, AD 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
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