Book of martyrs, or, A history of the lives, sufferings, and triumphant deaths of the primitive as well as Protestant martyrs : from the commencement of Christianity, to the latest periods of pagan and popish persecution : to which is added, an account of the Inquisition, the Bartholomew massacre, in France, the general persecution under Louis XIV, the massacre in the Irish rebellion .. 1641, and the recent persecutions of the Protestants in the south of France ... . rts at which they had been confined ; and the difficultyof obtaining vessels for their conveyance, which the malignant priestsus
Book of martyrs, or, A history of the lives, sufferings, and triumphant deaths of the primitive as well as Protestant martyrs : from the commencement of Christianity, to the latest periods of pagan and popish persecution : to which is added, an account of the Inquisition, the Bartholomew massacre, in France, the general persecution under Louis XIV, the massacre in the Irish rebellion .. 1641, and the recent persecutions of the Protestants in the south of France ... . rts at which they had been confined ; and the difficultyof obtaining vessels for their conveyance, which the malignant priestsused all their arts to augment, occasioned a long delay, during whichthe poor prisoners were suffering all the agonies of uncertainty—that hope deferred, which maketh the heart sick,—and which led themto fear that something might still intervene to prevent their so muchdesired emancipation. But their heavenly Father, ever mindful ofthose who suffer for his sake, at length removed every obstacle whichbigotry and malice could interpose, and delivered them from the handof the oppressor. They went forth rejoicing, praising and blessingHis holy name, who had wrought for them this great deliverance. A deputation of those who had been released by the interposition ofQueen Anne, waited upon her majesty in London, to return their mostgrateful thanks, on behalf of themselves and their brethren, for herChristian interference in their favour. She received them very gra. Massacre of iSt. Bartholomew. Page 125.
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