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A defence in the Inquisition is of little use to the prisoner, for a suspicion only is deemed sufficient cause of condemnation,…
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With his continual doctrine [Bishop Hooper] adjoined due and discreet correction, not so much severe to any as to them which for…
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A Protestant has seldom any mercy shown him, and a Jew, who turns Christian, is far from being secure.
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But, though persecuting malice raged, yet the Gospel shone with resplendent brightness; and, firm as an impregnable rock, withstood the attacks of…
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The pope being informed of the great increase of Protestantism, in the year 1542 sent inquisitors to Venice to make an inquiry…
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The first persecution of the Church took place in the year 67, under Nero, the sixth emperor of Rome.
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A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against him, but…
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The Gospel having spread itself into Persia, the pagan priests, who worshipped the sun, were greatly alarmed, and dreaded the loss of…
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When the Christians, upon these occasions, received martyrdom, they were ornamented, and crowned with garlands of flowers; for which they, in heaven,…
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Princes, kings, and other rulers of the world have used all their strength and cunning against the Church, yet it continues to…
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Each of the seventeen tribunals during a long period burned annually, on an average, ten miserable beings!
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Which prophecy of Christ we see wonderfully to be verified, insomuch that the whole course of the Church to this day may…
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Many of the phenomena of Winter are suggestive of an inexpressible tenderness and fragile delicacy. We are accustomed to hear this king…
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In our passage from the Cape of Good Hope the winds were mostly from the westward with very boisterous weather: but one…
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On you and me and everything, I bestow my ripe blessings and boisterous bliss...
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and…
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But, though persecuting malice raged, yet the Gospel shone with resplendent brightness; and, firm as an impregnable rock, withstood the attacks of…
— John Foxe
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The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin…
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It is not easy to enter into the silence and reach beyond the many boisterous and demanding voices of our world and…
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For in a government of laws and not of men, no man, however prominent or powerful, and no mob however unruly or…
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