. 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 . r, being greatly exasperatedat this, ordered her to be carried to thetemple of Hercules, where she was scourg-ed, and hung up, for some time, by the hairof her head; then being taken down, alarge stone was fastened to her neck, andshe was thrown into the river, where sheexpired. With respect to the sons, theywere fastened to seven posts, and beingdrawn up by pulleys, their limbs were dis-located. These tortures,
. 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 . r, being greatly exasperatedat this, ordered her to be carried to thetemple of Hercules, where she was scourg-ed, and hung up, for some time, by the hairof her head; then being taken down, alarge stone was fastened to her neck, andshe was thrown into the river, where sheexpired. With respect to the sons, theywere fastened to seven posts, and beingdrawn up by pulleys, their limbs were dis-located. These tortures, not affecting theirresolution, they were thus martyred : Cres-centius, the eldest, was stabbed in thethroat; Julian, the second, in the breast;Nemesius, the third, in the heart; Primi- I 26 THE CHRISTIAN MARTYROLOGY. tius, the fourth, in the navel; Justice, the S sacrifice to Neptune, was, by the imme-fifth, in the back ; Stacteus, the sixth, in I diate order of Trajan, cast first into a hotthe side; and Eugenius, the youngest, Mime-kiln, and being drawn from thence,was sawed asunder. > was thrown into a scalding bath till he Phocas, bishop of Pontus, refusing to i IGNATIUS (died Trajan likewise commanded the martyr-dom of Ignatius, bishop of Antioch. Thisholy man was the person whom, when aninfant, Christ took into his arms, andshowed to his disciples, as one that wouldbe a pattern of humility and received the gospel afterward from St. \John the Evangelist, and was exceedinglyzealous in his mission. He boldly vindi-cated the faith of Christ before the emperor,for which, being cast into prison, he wastormented in a most cruel manner ; for afterbeing dreadfully scourged, he was com-pelled to hold fire in his hands, and at thesame time, papers dipped in oil were putto his sides, and set on light. His fleshwas then torn with red hot pincers, and atlast he was despatched, by being torn topieces by wild beasts. Trajan being succeeded by Adrian, thelatter c
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