The infidel persecutions in France and Switzerland, afford a solemn lesson to the people of this country. We have men among us now, most of them it is true, vagabond foreigners, who are attempting to propagate the same sentiments which produced such terrible consequences in France. Under various names they are scattering their pestilent doctrines through the country. As in France, they have commenced their attacks upon the bible, the Sabbath, marriage, and all the social and domestic relations of life. With flatteries and lies, they are attempting to sow the seeds of discontent and future rebellion among the people. The ferocity of their attacks upon those who differ from them, even while restrained by public opinion, shews what they would do, provided they could pull down our institutions and introduce disorder and wild misrule. We trust, therefore, that the article on the revolution in France, will be found highly instructive and useful.
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] |