. The illustrated Christian martyrology : being an authentic and genuine historical acount of the principal persecutions against the church of Christ, in different parts of the world . with. the emperors menaces, sooner than they > Menedemus, Urbanus, and Theodo- (would neglect their duty. They accord-) rus, with several other orthodox clergymen,ingly repaired to church, and the troops \ to the number of fourscore, at Constanti- \being compelled, by the positiveness of the \ nople, petitioned the emperor, in a mostcommand, were put in motion to destroy \ humble manner, to relieve them from
. The illustrated Christian martyrology : being an authentic and genuine historical acount of the principal persecutions against the church of Christ, in different parts of the world . with. the emperors menaces, sooner than they > Menedemus, Urbanus, and Theodo- (would neglect their duty. They accord-) rus, with several other orthodox clergymen,ingly repaired to church, and the troops \ to the number of fourscore, at Constanti- \being compelled, by the positiveness of the \ nople, petitioned the emperor, in a mostcommand, were put in motion to destroy \ humble manner, to relieve them from the ;them. As they marched along, a woman, ( oppressions, persecutions, and cruelties of \with a child in her arms, broke through the the Arians. But the tyrant, instead of re- <ranks, when the officer ordered her to be ^dressing their grievances, ordered them to jbrought before him, and asked her whither \ be all embarked in a ship, and the ship set <she was going. She replied, to church, < fire to ; when this infernal and inhumanwhither others were making all the haste j order being executed, they all perished in jthey could. Have you not heard, says the flames. <. THE PERSECUTIONS OF THE CHRISTIANS BY THE GOTHS, ETC. ANY of the Scythi- ? feated by the Romans, wreaked his ven-an Goths having >geance on his Christian subjects,embraced Chris- \ Sabas, a worthy Christian, upon this oc- <tianity about the I casion, was one who felt the enraged kings \time of Constan- J| misplaced resentment. Sabas was humbletine the Great, the ? and humane, mild and modest, yet ferventlight of the gospel spread itself consider- <in worship, and zealous for the advance- jably in Scythia, though the two kings who ment of the church. Remarkable for his jruled that country, and the majority of the contempt of riches, and singular in shun-people, continued pagans. Fritegern, king ning every sensual enjoyment, the sanctity \of the West Goths, was an ally to the Ro- |of his life, an
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