| CHAPTER I. |
| HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN MARTYRS TO THE FIRST GENERAL PERSECUTIONS UNDER NERO. |
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| Martyrdom of St. Stephen, James the Great, and Philip | 16 |
| Matthew, James the Less, Matthias, Andrew, St. Mark and Peter | 17 |
| Paul, Jude, Bartholomew, Thomas, Luke, Simon, John, and Barnabas | 18 |
CHAPTER II. |
| THE TEN PRIMITIVE PERSECUTIONS. |
| The first persecution under Nero, A. D. 67 | 19 |
| The second persecution under Domitian, A. D. 81 | 19 |
| The third persecution under Trajan, A. D. 108 | 20 |
| The fourth persecution under Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, A. D. 162 | 22 |
| The fifth persecution commencing with Severus, A. D. 192 | 25 |
| The sixth persecution under Maximinus, A. D. 235 | 27 |
| The seventh persecution under Decius, A. D. 249 | 27 |
| The eighth persecution under Valerian, A. D. 257 | 31 |
| The ninth persecution under Aurelian, A. D. 274 | 34 |
| The tenth persecution under Diocletian, A. D. 303 | 36 |
CHAPTER III. |
| PERSECUTIONS OF THE CHRISTIANS IN PERSIA. |
| Persecutions under the Arian heretics | 45 |
| Persecution under Julian the Apostate | 46 |
| Persecution of the Christians by the Goths and Vandals | 47 |
| Persecutions from about the middle of the Fifth, to the conclusion of the Seventh century | 48 |
| Persecutions from the early part of the Eighth, to near the conclusion of the Tenth century | 49 |
| Persecutions in the Eleventh century | 51 |
CHAPTER IV. |
| PAPAL PERSECUTIONS. |
| Persecution of the Waldenses in France | 53 |
| Persecutions of the Albigenses | 55 |
| The Bartholomew massacre at Paris, &c. | 57 |
| From the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, to the French Revolution, in 1789 | 62 |
| Martyrdom of John Calas | 65 |
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CHAPTER V. |
| AN ACCOUNT OF THE INQUISITION. |
| An account of the cruel handling and burning of Nicholas Burton, an English merchant, in Spain | 73 |
| Some private enormities of the Inquisition laid open by a very singular occurrence | 76 |
| The persecution of Dr. Ægidio | 88 |
| The persecution of Dr. Constantine | 89 |
| The life of William Gardiner. | 90 |
| An account of the life and sufferings of Mr. Wm. Lithgow, a native of Scotland | 92 |
| Croly on the Inquisition | 101 |
CHAPTER VI. |
| AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERSECUTIONS IN ITALY, UNDER THE PAPACY. |
| An account of the persecutions of Calabria | 107 |
| Account of the persecutions in the Valleys of Piedmont | 110 |
| Account of the persecutions in Venice | 117 |
| An account of several remarkable individuals who were martyred in differe
he time of his being betrayed into the hands of the Maronite Patriarch, in the Spring of 1826 | 410 |
CHAPTER XIX. |
| PERSECUTIONS OF THE BAPTIST MISSIONARIES IN INDIA, DURING THE YEAR 1824. |
| Removal of the prisoners to Oung-pen-la—Mrs. Judson follows them | 430 |
CHAPTER XX. |
| PERSECUTIONS OF THE WESLEYAN MISSIONARIES IN THE WEST INDIES. |
| Case of Rev. John Smith | 449 |
| Persecutions of the Wesleyan Methodists in St. Domingo | 450 |
| Persecutions at Port au Prince | 450 |
CHAPTER XXI. |
| PERSECUTIONS IN SWITZERLAND FROM 1813 TO 1830. |
| Persecutions in the Pays de Vaud | 461 |
CHAPTER XXII. |
| SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF SOME OF THE MOST EMINENT REFORMERS. |
| John Wickliffe | 464 |
| Martin Luther | 468 |
| John Calvin | 473 |
| Agency of Calvin in the death of Michael Servetus | 475 |
| Calvin as a friend of Civil Liberty | 478 |
| The life of the Rev. John Fox | 482 |
| Errors, rites, ceremonies, and superstitious practices of the Romish church | 487 |
CHAPTER XXIII. |
| SKETCH OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF 1789, AS CONNECTED WITH THE HISTORY OF PERSECUTIONS. | 489 |
| Massacre of prisoners | 496 |
| Death of Louis XVI and other members of the Royal Family | 499 |
| Dreadful scenes in La VendÉe | 501 |
| Scenes at Marseilles and Lyons | 501 |
| The installation of the Goddess of Reason | 506 |
| Fall of Danton, Robespierre, Marat and other Jacobins | 508 |
