CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN MARTYRS TO THE FIRST GENERAL PERSECUTION UNDER NERO. Martyrdom of St. Stephen, James the Great, and Philip, Paul, Jude, Bartholomew, Thomas, Luke, CHAPTER II. THE TEN PRIMITIVE PERSECUTIONS. The first persecution under Nero, A D. 67, The second persecution under Domitian, A. D. 81, The fourth persecution under Marcus Aurelius Antonius, The fifth persecution commencing with Severus, A. D. 192, CHAPTER III. PERSECUTIONS OF THE CHRISTIANS IN PERSIA. Persecutions under the Arian heretics, Persecutions of the Christians by the Goths and Vandals, - Persecutions from the early part of the Eighth, to near the Persecutions in the Eleventh century, CHAPTER IV. PAPAL PERSECUTIONS. Persecutions of the Waldenses in France, Persecutions of the Albigenses, The Bartholomew massacre at Paris, &c. From the revocation of the edict of Nantes, to the French Martyrdom of John Calas, CHAPTER V. AN ACCOUNT OF THE INQUISITION. An account of the cruel handling and burning of Nicholas Some private enormities of the Inquisition laid open by a The life of William Gardiner, An account of the life and sufferings of Mr. Wm. Lithgow, Croly on the Inquisition, CHAPTER VI. AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERSECUTIONS IN ITALY, UNDER THE PAPACY. 119 122 129 Narrative of the Piedmontese War, An account of several remarkable individuals who were An account of the persecutions in the marquisate of Saluces, Persecution of Michael de Molinos, a native of Spain, CHAPTER VII. AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERSECUTIONS IN BOHEMIA UNDER THE PAPACY. Persecution of John Huss, t 131 134 140 148 Persecution of Jerom of Prague, Persecution of Zisca, CHAPTER VIII. 164 170 173 GENERAL PERSECUTIONS IN GERMANY. An account of the persecutions in the Netherlands, CHAPTER IX. 190 An account of the persecutions in Lithuania and Poland, 194 CHAPTER X. An account of the persecutions in China and several other An account of the persecutions in Japan, 197 198 199 200 CHAPTER XI. An account of the persecutions in Great Britain and Ireland, 202 CHAPTER XII Page. An account of the persecutions in Scotland, during the An account of the Life, Suffering and Death of George CHAPTER XIII. PERSECUTIONS IN ENGLAND DURING THE REIGN OF QUEEN MARY, The words and behaviour of Lady Jane upon the scaffold, History, imprisonment, and examination of John Hooper, Life and conduct of Dr. Rowland Taylor, of Hadley, 210 213 218 219 220 221 223 225 228 Martyrdom of Tomkins, Pygot, Knight, and others, Martyrdom of Simpson, Ardeley, Hawkes, and others, 238 239 Martyrdom of Bland, Middleton, Hall, Carver and many Martyrdom of Rev. F. Whittle, B. Greene, Anna Wright, 253 An account of Archbishop Cranmer, 254 Martyrdom of Agnes Potten, Joan Trunchfield and others, Queen Mary's treatment of her sister, the Princess Eliza- God's punishments upon some of the persecutors of his peo- 315 CHAPTER XIV. The Spanish Armada, 318 A conspiracy by the Papists for the destruction of James I. CHAPTER XV. Rise and progress of the protestant religion in Ireland, CHAPTER XVI. Page. 337 THE RISE, PROGRESS, PERSECUTIONS AND SUFFERINGS OF THE QUAKERS, 354 States, 359 361 362 363 CHAPTER XVII PERSECUTIONS OF THE FRENCH PROTESTANTS IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, Further account of the Proceedings of the Catholics at 382 Narrative of the conversion, imprisonment, and sufferings 390 Public statement of Asaad Shidiak, in 1826, 399 Brief istory of Asaad Esh Shidiak, from the time of his 432 CHAPTER XIX. Persecutions of the Baptist Missionaries in India, during Removal of the prisoners to Oung-pen-la-Mrs Judson fol- lows them, 452 CHAPTER XX.. Persecution of the Wesleyan Missionaries in the West In- Case of Rev. John Smith, Persecutions of the Wesleyan Methodists in St. Domingo, CHAPTER XXI. Persecutions in Switzerland from 1813 to 1830, Persecutions in the Pays de Vaud, - CHAPTER XXII. Page. 467 471 472 478 483 SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF SOME OF THE MOST EMINENT REFORMERS. John Wickliffe, 486 Martin Luther, 490 John Calvin, 495 Agency of Calvin iu the death of Michael Servetus, 497 Calvin as a friend of Civil Liberty, 500 The life of the Rev. John Fox, 504 Errors, rites, ceremonies, and superstitious practices of Sketch of the French Revolution of 1789, as connected A 511 |