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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 (1854) (14769420834)
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Title: 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
Year: 1854 (1850s)
Authors: Sparry, C
Subjects: Persecution Martyrs Torture
Publisher: Philadelphia : Leary & Getz
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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earnedly against his accusers. They, inreturn, made use of very opprobrious lan-guage ; to which Russel replied as follows : This is your hour and power of darkness :now ye sit as judges, and we stand wrong-fully accused, and more wrongfully to becondemned ; but the day will come whenour innocence will appear, and ye shall seeyour own blindness, to your everlastingconfusion. Go on, and fill the measure ofyour iniquity. The examination being over, and bothof them deemed heretics, the archbishoppronounced the dreadful sentence of death,and they were immediately delivered overto the secular power in order for execution. The next day they were led to the placeappointed for them to suffer ; in their wayto which Russel, seeing his fellow-suffererhave the appearance of timidity in his coun-tenance, thus addressed him : Brother,fear not; greater is He that is in us, thanhe that is in the world. The pain that weare to suffer is short, and shall be light ;but our joy and consolation shall never
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A WOMAN TIED IN A BACK, AND FOUR MEN HUNG. Page 217. THE CHRISTIAN MARTYROLOGY. 219 have an end. Let us, therefore, strive to 2enter into our Master and Saviors joy, by ithe same strait way which he hath taken (before us. Death can not hurt us, for it is lalready destroyed by him, for whose sake /we are now going to suffer. both kneeled down and prayed for some <time ; after which, being fastened to thestake, and the fagots lighted, they cheer-fully resigned their souls into the hands ofHim who gave them, in full hopes of an ev-erlasting reward in the heavenly mansions. In 1543, the archbishop of St. Andrewsmade a visitation into various parts of hisdiocese, where several persons were in-formed against at Perth for heresy. Amongthese the following were condemned to die,viz., William Anderson, James Finlayson,Robert Lamb, James Hunter, James Ravel-son, Helen Stark. The accusations laid against these re-spective persons were as follo
Instruments of torture are tools or devices that have been used throughout history to inflict pain, suffering, or punishment on individuals. These instruments have been used for a variety of purposes, including interrogating prisoners, extracting confessions, deterring crime, and inflicting punishment. Some examples of instruments of torture that have been used throughout history include: The rack: The rack was a device used to stretch the limbs of a person, causing extreme pain and sometimes even dislocating joints. It was often used to extract confessions or to punish people accused of crimes. The iron maiden: The iron maiden was a coffin-like structure with sharp spikes on the inside. It was designed to impale a person, causing severe injury or death. Strappado (a device used to lift a person off the ground by their arms), the thumbscrew (a device used to crush the thumbs), and the water torture (a form of torture in which water was poured down the throat or over the face to create the sensation of drowning). The Chinese water torture: The Chinese water torture was a form of torture in which water was dripped onto a person's forehead, causing the sensation of drowning. It was believed to be used by the Chinese during the Ming Dynasty, but there is no historical evidence to support this claim.
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