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from the PREFACE:
The object of this work, is to give a brief history of persecution since the very first introduction of christianity, till the present time. In doing this, we have commenced with the martyrdom of Stephen, and following the course of events, have brought the History of persecution down to the year 1830. In all ages, we find that a disposition to persecute for opinion's sake, has been manifested by wicked men, whatever may have been their opinions or sentiments on religious subjects. The intolerant jew, and the bigoted pagan, have exhibited no more of a persecuting spirit, than the nominal professor of christianity, and the infidel and the avowed atheist. Indeed, it seems to be an 'inherent vice,' in unsanctified nature to endeavour by the pressure of physical force, to restrain obnoxious sentiments, and to propagate favourite opinions. It is only when the heart has been renewed and sanctified by divine grace, that men have rightly understood and practised the true principles of toleration. We do not say that none but real christians have adopted correct views respecting civil and religious liberty;-but we affirm that these views owe their origin entirely to christianity and its genuine disciples.
Though nearly all sects have persecuted their opponents, during a brief season, when men's passions were highly excited, and true religion had mournfully declined, yet no denomination except the papal hierarchy, has adopted as an article of religious belief, and a principle of practical observance, the right to destroy heretics for opinion's sake. The decrees of councils, and the bulls of popes, issued in conformity with those decrees, place this matter beyond a doubt. Persecution, therefore, and popery, are inseparably connected; because claiming infallibility, what she has once done is right for her to do again; yea, must be done under similar circumstances, or the claims of infallibility[vi] given up. There is no escaping this conclusion. It is right, therefore, to charge upon popery, all the persecutions and horrid cruelties which have stained the annals of the papal church during her long and bloody career of darkness and crime. Every sigh which has been heaved in the dungeons of the Inquisition-every groan which has been extorted by the racks and instruments of torture, which the malice of her bigoted votaries, stimulated by infernal wisdom, ever invented, has witnessed in the ear of God, against the 'Mother of Harlots;' and those kings of the earth, who giving their power to the 'Beast' have aided her in the cruel work of desolation and death. The valleys of Piedmont, the mountains of Switzerland, the vine crowned hills of Italy and France-and all parts of Germany and the low countries, have by turns, been lighted by the fires of burning victims, or crimsoned with the blood of those who have suffered death at the hands of the cruel emissaries of popery. England too, has drunken deep of the 'wine of the fierceness of her wrath,' as the blood of Cobham, and the ashes of the Smithfield martyrs can testify. Ireland and Scotland, likewise, have each been made the theatre of her atrocities. But no where has the system been exhibited in its native unalleviated deformity, as in Spain, Portugal and their South American dependencies. For centuries, such a system of police was established by the Holy Inquisitors, that these countries resembled a vast whispering gallery, where the slightest murmur of discontent could be heard and punished. Such has been the effect of superstition and the terror of the Holy Office, upon the mind, as completely to break the pride of the Castillian noble, and make him the unresisting victim of every mendicant friar and 'hemp-sandaled monk.'
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I am niether Catholic or Protestant as in my own experience I have been persecuted myself by both "Christian" movements for what I chose to believe.
I found Fox's book facinating not because it upheld one set of dogma against another but because there are some quite sustainable facts. I decided to examine one entry in great detail, because I happen to live 2 minutes away from where the martyrdom is said to have taken place.(Joan Waste who was burned at the stake in Derby)
What makes this account different to most others is because she was only 22 and blind and made her stand against Catholic teaching of "Transubstantiation" based on what she had had read to her from the Bible itself. Her story is substatiated from other local sources and interlocks with known local history.
Truly a fine example ,( not of upholding protestantisim ) but of upholding true Bible doctrine.
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I still have not received my book and it has been quite a while since I ordered it
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The sacrafice that people have went threw to not deny the Lord. Incredible and Horiffic. Leaves you thinking that what we go through yesterday is nothing compared to what others have gone through to get us where we are today.
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Fox's Book of Martyr's is as precise an account of the tribulation period as there is to be read. Yes, that tribulation period, the one most think is ahead of us in time and will be a mere 7 years.
I realize I am one of a very few who believe these are the Martyr's of Revelation 6:9-11 and Revelation 7:9-17. Read with an open mind. You too can see they are one in the same. Refuse to see other wise and you will not see it just like the majority around you.
Think of it this way: 7 years is hardly a long time so why then in Revelation 6:10 are they asking the Lord: "How long, O'Lord, holy and true, wilt Thou (key word here) refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"
"How long" and the Lord "refraining" implies a much longer time than 7 or fewer years.
People we are in the time of the last days. Christ said in Matthew 24:9 "They will deliver you to tribulation, and they will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations on account of My name."
This is exactly what Fox writes about in his book. It is an accurate account of the history of the tribulation period as described in the Bible.
If you're truly a Christian then seek the truth no matter where it leads. We've already been told if we seek truth, the Holy Spirit will open our eyes. You need not be an arrogant, pompous pastor with credentials on the walls and full of false doctrines to think you might fully understand the messages in the Bible. Rather with humility and a genuine love for our Lord Jesus Christ, a beautiful world of understanding awaits those that seek it.
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This book should be read and reread -- loyalty to Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of Christ must be celebrated!
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