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John Foxe
English
Writer
Born:
1516
Died:
Apr 18
,
1587
Beings
Burned
Cause
Church
Place
Prisoner
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A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against him, but every method is taken by threats and tortures, to oblige him to accuse himself, and by that means corroborate their evidence.
John Foxe
Face
Prisoner
Every
Evidence
Inquisition
See
Threats
Oblige
Never
Allowed
Taken
Him
Himself
Witnesses
Method
His
Accuse
Accuser
Against
Means
A defence in the Inquisition is of little use to the prisoner, for a suspicion only is deemed sufficient cause of condemnation, and the greater his wealth the greater his danger.
John Foxe
Wealth
Cause
Prisoner
Defence
Danger
Inquisition
Only
Greater
Condemnation
His
Suspicion
Little
Use
Deemed
Sufficient
When the Christians, upon these occasions, received martyrdom, they were ornamented, and crowned with garlands of flowers; for which they, in heaven, received eternal crowns of glory.
John Foxe
Martyrdom
Crowned
Crowns
Occasions
Glory
Were
Heaven
Which
Eternal
Received
Christians
Flowers
A Protestant has seldom any mercy shown him, and a Jew, who turns Christian, is far from being secure.
John Foxe
Mercy
Christian
Secure
Seldom
Him
Protestant
Any
Being
Far
Turns
Who
Shown
Jew
The first persecution of the Church took place in the year 67, under Nero, the sixth emperor of Rome.
John Foxe
Church
First
Year
Took
Emperor
Persecution
Sixth
Rome
Place
The Gospel having spread itself into Persia, the pagan priests, who worshipped the sun, were greatly alarmed, and dreaded the loss of that influence they had hitherto maintained over the people's minds and properties.
John Foxe
People
Minds
Worshipped
Sun
Dreaded
Properties
Having
Had
Priests
Maintained
Over
Gospel
Spread
Were
Loss
Greatly
Itself
Persia
Hitherto
Influence
Pagan
Who
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