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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,…
• With his continual doctrine [Bishop Hooper] adjoined due and discreet correction, not so much severe to any as to them which for…
• The pope being informed of the great increase of Protestantism, in the year 1542 sent inquisitors to Venice to make an inquiry…
• A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against him, but…
• A Protestant has seldom any mercy shown him, and a Jew, who turns Christian, is far from being secure.
• But, though persecuting malice raged, yet the Gospel shone with resplendent brightness; and, firm as an impregnable rock, withstood the attacks of…
• The first persecution of the Church took place in the year 67, under Nero, the sixth emperor of Rome.
• 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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