CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN MARTYRS TO THE FIRST GENERAL PERSECUTIONS UNDER NERO.
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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, 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]