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an Extraction of Malice sublimated, spiritualized into a Religion. The cruel Massacres of Primitive Christians will teach us the price of our own happiness, |
an Extraction of Malice sublimated, spiritualized into a Religion. The cruel Massacres of Primitive Christians will teach us the price of our own happiness, |
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If we reflect on ancient times, and look back to the course of the World in general; in the first Monarchy we find a fiery Furnace; in the second, a Den of Lions; in the third, the madness and fury of Antiochus, when to believe in one God was to be put on the Rack, and to abhor Idolatry, involved the Votary in cruel Tortures: In the fourth Monarchy the ten Persecutions more bloody and grievous than all that went before; for not to sacrifice to Idols, and to offer Incense to Heathen Gods, was cause enough to be torn in pieces by wild Beasts, and be exposed to all manner of terrible Torments, when bloody Tumults affrighted Christ's Members, and chased them from their Devotions, when the Priest became the Sacrifice, and his Books in disdain were made a Burnt-offering. |
If we reflect on ancient times, and look back to the course of the World in general; in the First Monarchy we find a fiery Furnace; in the second, a Den of Lions; in the third, the madness and fury of Antiochus, when to believe in one God was to be put on the Rack, and to abhor Idolatry, involved the Votary in cruel Tortures: In the fourth Monarchy the ten Persecutions more bloody and grievous than all that went before; for not to sacrifice to Idols, and to offer Incense to Heathen God's, was cause enough to be torn in Pieces by wild Beasts, and be exposed to all manner of terrible Torments, when bloody Tumults affrighted Christ's Members, and chased them from their Devotions, when the Priest became the Sacrifice, and his Books in disdain were made a Burnt-offering. |
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