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B02519	Martyrs in flames, or, Popery (in its true colours) displayed. Being a brief relation of the horrid cruelties and persecutions of the Pope and Church of rome for many hundred years past, to this present age, inflicted upon Protestants in Piedmont ... : With an abstract of the cruel persecution lately exercised upon the Protestants in France and Savoy, in the year 1686 and 1687. : Together with a short account of Gods judgment upon popish persecutors. / Published for a warning to all Protestants, [] what they must expect from that bloody generation of Antichristians. By R.B.	R. B., 1632?-1725?	1693 (1693)	Wing C7344A; ESTC R176606	106,868	208

Crowning with Thorns and being delivered to be Crucified by Pontius Pilate 5. His bearing his Cross to Golgotha 6. His Crucifixion and bitter Passion 7. Our Saviours Institution of the Blessed Sacrament Together with brief Resolutions to all those Scruples and Objections usually alledged for the omission of this important Duty With Eight curious Sculptures proper to the several parts with Graces Imprimatur Z. Isham R. P. D. Hen. Epis Loud à Sacris Price One Shilling XXIII A Guide to eternal Glory Or Brief Directions to all Christians how to attain Everlasting Salvation To which are added several other small Tracts As I. Saving Faith discovered in three Heavenly Conferences between our Blessed Saviour and 1. A Publican 2. A Pharisee 3. A Doubting Christian II. The Threefold state of a Christian 1. By Nature 2. By Grace 3. In Glory III. The Scriptures Concord compiled out of the words of Scripture by way of Question and Answer wherein there is the sum of the way to Salvation and Spiritual things compared with Spiritual IV. The Character of a True Christian V. A brief Directory for the Great Necessary and Advantagious Duty of Self-Examination whereby a serious Christian may every day Examine himself VI. A short Di●●ogue between a Learned Divine and a Beggar VII Beams of the Spirit or Cordial Meditations Enlivening Enlight●ing and Gladding the Soul VIII The Seraphick Souls Triumph in the Love of God With short remembrances and Pious thoughts IX History Improved or Christian Applications and Improvements of divers remarkable passages in History X. Holy Breathings in several Divine Poems upon divers Subjects and Scriptures Price One Shilling XXIV YOuths Divine Pastime Containing Forty Remarkable Scripture Histories turned into common English Verse With Forty Pictures proper to each Story very delightful for the virtuous imploying the vacant hours of Young Persons and preventing vain and vitious Divertisements Together with several Scripture Hymns upon divers occasions Price 8 d. XXV THE Young Mans Calling or the whole Duty of Youth in a serious and compassionate Address to all young persons to remember their Creator in the days of their Youth Together with Remarks upon the Lives of several excellent young Persons of both Sexes as well Ancient as Modern who have been famous for Virtue and Piety in their Generations namely on the Lives of Isaac and Joseph in their youth On the Martyrdom of seven Sons and their Mother Of Romanus a young Nobleman and of divers Holy Virgins and Martyrs On the Lives of King Edward VI. Queen Jane Queen Elizabeth in her youth Prince Henry Eldest son of King James and the young Lord Harrington c. With twelve curious Pictures Illustrating the several Histories Price 1. s. 6. d. XXVI THE Vanity of the Life of Man represented in the Seven several Stages thereof With Pictures and Poems exposing the Follies of every Age. To which is added Verses upon several Subjects and Occasions Containing The History of the cruel Death of Cassianus Bishop and School-Master of Brescia in Italy who suffered Martyrdom for the Profession of the Christian Faith by the hands of his own Scholars in the Bloudy Reign of Dioclesian an Heathen Emperor of Rome With divers other Poems compiled by Mrs. Ann Askew and Mr. John Rogers whilst they were Prisoners in Newgate and afterward burnt in Smithfield In the bloudy Reign of Queen Mary By R B. Licensed and Entred Price Eight Pence XXVII MOunt Sion or a Draught of that Church that shall stand for ever Together with a view of that World which shall be broken in pieces and consumed By William Dyer Author of Christs Famous Titles and a Believers Golden Chain Price One Shilling XXVIII DIstressed Sion Relieved or the Garment of Praise for the Spirit of Heaviness A Poem Wherein are Discovered the grand Causes of the Churches trouble and misery under the late dismal Dispensation With a compleat History of and Lamentation for those Renowned Worthies that fell in England by Popish rage and cruelty from the Year 1680 to 1688. As the Lord Russel Collonel Sydney Alderman Cornish and divers others With a Relation of the cruel proceedings of the late Lord Chancellor Jefferys in the West Together with an account of the late Admirable and Stupendious Providence which hath wrought such a sudden and wonderful Deliverance for this Nation and Gods Sion therein Concluding with the Tryal and Condemnation of Mystery Babylon the Great Whore divers Hymns of Praise Thanksgiving with Sighs for Ireland Humbly Dedicated to their Present Majesties By Benjamin Keach Author of Book called Sion in Distress or the Groans of the True Protestant Church Price One Shilling XXIX ANtichrist Stormed or the Church of Rome proved to be Mystery Babylon the Great Whore Revel 17. by many and undeniable Arguments Answering all the Objections of the Papists and all others Together with the Judgment of many Ancient and Modern Divines and most Eminent Writers about the Mystical Numbers in Daniel and Revelations concerning the rise and final ruin of the Beast and Babylon proving it will be in this present Age. Together with an Account of the Two Witnesses who they are their Slaying Resurrection and Ascension with the probability of their being now upon their Rising shewing also what their Ascension is and the glorious Effects thereof With an Account of many strange Predictions relating to these present Times By Benjamin Keach Price One Shilling XXX THE Devout Soul 's Daily Exercise in Prayers Contemplations and Praises containing Devotions for Morning Noon and Night for every day in the week with Prayers before and after the Holy Communion And likewise for Persons of all conditions and upon all occasions With Graces and Thanksgivings before and after Meat By R.P. D.D. Price bound Six Pence XXXI SAcramental Meditations upon divers select places of Scripture wherein Believers are assisted in preparing their hearts and exciting their affections and graces when they draw nigh to God in that most awful and solemn Ordinance of the Lords Supper By Jo. Flavel Minister of Christ in Devon Pr. 1. s. XXXII JACOB Wrestling with GOD And prevailing Or a Treatise concerning the Necessity and Efficacy of Faith in Prayer Where● divers weighty Questions and Cases of Conscience about Praying in Faith are stated and resolved For the comforting and satisfying of weak and scrupulos Consciences The Conviction of formal Hypocrites awakening of all Saints both weak and strong great and small to this great duty of Prayer By Thomes Taylor formerly at Edmunds-Bury now Pastor to a Congregation in Cambridge Price One Shilling All Printed for Nath. Crouch at the Bell in the Poultrey near Cheapside FINIS

ample Testimonies by their publick Writings against the many Corruptions evil Doctrines and Superstitious Worship of the Romish Church with the hazard of their Lives Honours Liberties Estates and Fortunes so that many were persecuted and some were burnt in the Reign of King Henry the second 1174. and in the Year 1380. Utred Bolton and John Ashwerly endured Persecution and a while after John Ashton Walter Bruce John Pateskul and Doctor Crump were persecuted and William Sawtree a Divine of Oxford was martyred and William Swinderly was Burnt in Smithfield In the Year 1407. William Thorp was Burnt and Laurence Redman and six others grievously persecuted In the Year 1417 the Lord Cobham was Burnt in S. Giles's Fields John Purey and Will. White and Richard White were burnt Peter Clark a Divine of Oxford for maintaining publickly the Doctrine of Wickliff was forced to flye but was taken beyond Sea his Tongue cut out then hanged and afterwards burnt Roger Ovely was hanged and Quartered In the Year 1447. Humfrey Duke of Glocester was murdered by the Papists for being a favourer of Wickliff and other Preachers of the Truth and divers others were many ways persecuted for the sake of Religion before the rising of Luther God having in all Ages raised up some to Testifie to the Truth and to maintain the purity of the Gospel And besides these Divines Learned and great men there were several other good men of a meaner quality who openly owned the Truth and suffered for the same and as the number of the professors grew greater who now began to be called Lollards so Persecution grew hotter and the Rage and Malice of the Papists increased In the Reign of King Henry the fifth 1413. Sir Roger Acton John Brown John Beverly and Thirty six more were all put to Death in St. Giles's Fields and John Claydon and Richard Turning Benedict Ulman and several others were burnt and many Imprisoned In the Reign of King Henry the sixth William Tailor one of Wickliffs followers was burnt in Smithfield Henry Web and Henry Florence were Curelly whipt and about an hundred and twenty Men and Women suffered persecution many of them were burnt William White was Martyr'd and at the same time two were burnt at Colchester Richard H●veden a Citizen of London was Martyr'd for the same cause near the Town and several more severely whipt and terribly handled Thomas Baily and Richard Wiche both Ministers were burnt one in Smithfield and the other on Tower-hill In the Reign of Edward the fourth John Goose was Burnt and in Henry the sevenths Reign one Jean Boughton of Fourscore years old was burnt in Norfolk another person was Burnt in Smithfield several were likewise ●igmatized and many did penance William Tilsworth was Burnt in the Town of Amasham where they forced his own Daughter to set fire to Faggots that were to burn her Father and two Years after Thomas Bernard and John Melton and one Roberts were burnt in the same County of Buckingham Thomas Chace after many Cruel Usages and Hardships was murthered in Prison Thomas Norrice was burnt at Norwich and Lawrence Guest at Salisbury and a Woman at Chipping-Sadbury with several other persons in the Reign of King Henry the seventh In the Reign of King Henry the Eighth the Flames increased very much and abundance Suffered in every place In the Year 1511. William Sweetin● and John Brewster were burnt in Smithfield the same year William Carder Robert Harrison and Agnes Grebel were burnt they forcing the Husband and Daughter of the Woman to come in as Witnesses against her After this one Mr. Style with his Book of the Revelations and twenty five more were Burnt five other Persons were accused for reading an Heretical Book which contained many damnable Opinions and what should this Book be but only the Evangelists in English In the Year 1514. Richard Hun was murdered in the Lollards Tower and afterwards burnt John Brown John Stileman and Thomas Man were burnt in Smithfield Robert Cousin was burnt at Buckingham Christopher Shoemaker at Newberry Richard and Robert Bartlet and John Scrivener were likewise burnt and the Children of John Scrivener were forced to set fire to their Father for it was usual with them to compel Children to accuse their Parents and Parents their Children Husbands their Wives and Wives their Husbands Intimate Friends Brothers and Sisters to accuse one another and many Hundreds were likewise forced to recant and abjure against their Conscienecs or else be Burnt There were two things about this time that very much increased the Professors of the Gospel in England One was the appearance of Martin Luther in the World who boldly owned the Truth and loudly Declaimed against the corruptions of the Romish Church another thing was the Art of Printing which now began to be common whereby the True Religion was the more easily promulgated and Dispersed through every Countrey and in all Languages This allarum'd the Pope and his Debauched Clergy who were afraid to have their wicked Doctrines and Practices discovered to the people and thereupon they began to rage and bestir themselves raising Persecution and making Destruction and Slaughter in all places throughout the Kingdom against the Lutherans as they were now called In the Year 1519. several Protestants were apprehended at Coventry and imprisoned in filthy and nasty Dungeons six of whom were afterwards burnt Robert Silkeb and Thomas Harding were burnt shortly after One Sigal Nicholson a Stationer at Cambridge was hung up by the Privy-members for having Luthers Books in his house several likewise abj●●ed and the Body of William Tracy Esq in Glocester-shire because he had left nothing for Masses for his Soul was taken out of the Grave and Burnt two Years after his Death Richard Brafield a Monk of Bury after he had been whipt and most cruelly handled in Prison and Gagged Beaten and bound and Degraded after a very shameful manner was burnt with much Cruelty in London continuing half an Hour alive in the Flames for want of Wood and when his left arm was burnt he rubbed it with his right hand and it fell down in the Fire he continued in Prayer without moving to the last moment several were imprisoned and fed with bread made of Saw-dust some were set in the stocks with Horse-leaches on their Legs ●●d their hands so mangled with Irons that the Flesh grew higher than the Irons and with Iron Collars about their Necks nay many were racked till they were lamed John Tewsbury James Bainham Valentine Sheaf and his Wife John Bent and one Trapnel were all Burnt about the same time three were hanged in Chains for burning the Image or Rood of Dover Court John Frith Andrew Honor Thomas Benet William Tindal John Lambert William Leiton and Collins a Lawyer were burnt and Robert Packington Murdered Doctor Barns Thomas Garret William Hieron were burnt in Smithfield John Potter was murthered it Prison Robert Testwood Anthony Parker and Henry Filmer were burnt at Windsor About five

hundred persons in and about London either died in prison or were burnt in Smithfield In the Year 1541. Damlip Dod Saxy were Slain One Henry at Colchester Kerby and Clark at Ipswich and Bury were burnt In the Year 1546. Mistriss Ann Askew one of the Ladies belonging to Queen Katherine Parr because she would not confess any other Ladies was put upon the Rack and the Lord Chancellor himself being more Cruel he acted then the Executioner ordered her to be racked to the utmost she was afterward Burnt in Smithfield and at the same time and place were likewise Burnt Nicholas Belerrian a Minister i● Shropshire John Adams a Tailor and John Lacels a Gentleman belonging to King Henry the Eighth these beholding the Invincible Constancy and Patience of Mistriss Askew were thereby much incouraged in their Sufferings About the same time Sir John Blage of the Kings Privy Chamber was falsly accused to have spoken against the Mass upon which he was condemned to be burnt in Smithfield whereupon the Earl of Bedford begged his pardon of the King who Commanded it to be drawn immediately After his release Sir George coming to the King Ah my Pig said he for so he usually called him Yea said Blage if your Majesty had not been better to me than your Bishops were your Pig had been roasted before this time Presently after Gardiner Bishop of Winchester and his Confederates set forth a Cruel Proclamation in the Kings Name for abolishing the Scriptures and all other English Books that discovered the Truth to the people and having obtained this they very much rejoyced therein hoping that they had now for ever suppressed the Gospel so that it should never rise again and to strike the greater terror into mens minds they made a diligent search after the Professors of the Truth of whom they took the names of some drove away others and hereby doubted not but to attain their ends But it pleased God that in the midst of these subtil Contrivances for the destruction of his Gospel and Servants to take away King Henry the Eighth within four Months after the Proclamation and thereby all their hopes and projects were utterly disappointed King Henry the Eighth being dead his only Son Prince Edward our English Josiah ascended the Throne under whom the Protestant Religion was established and Popery and Superstition abolished for he caused all Images to be demolished and as Idolatrous to be taken out of all Churches within his Dominions the Learned m●n of his time he encouraged and commanded them to open and expound the Scriptures 〈◊〉 abolished the Mass and ordered the Service to be read in the English Tongue and the Sacrament of the Lords Supper to be administred in both kinds to the People But it pleased God in a short time to take him to himself for in the Seventh Year of his Reign and the Seventeenth Year of his Age he was taken with a lingring sickness during which time a Marriage was concluded between the Lord Guilford Dudley eldest Son to the Duke of Northumberland and the Lady Jane the Daughter of the Duke of Suffolk whose mother being then alive was Daughter to Mary King Henry the Eighths second Sister The Marriage being finisht and the King every day more sick than other so that he seemed past Recovery the Duke of Northumberland being ambitious to advance his Family perswaded the King that the Church and the True Religion would be in great danger if he did not choose a pious Successer and that it was the part of a good Prince to set aside all other respects when the Glory of God and the good of his Subjects were concerned The King partly for his great desire to have the Protestant Religion confirmed and partly for the intire love which he bore to his Cousin the Lady Jane signed Letters Patents under the Broad Seal to appoint the Lady Jane to succeed him in the Kingdom although her Title were excluded by the Lady Mary who was always a zealous Papist and the Lady Elizabeth This was afterwards confirmed by the Nobility and Chief Lawyers of the Kingdom and was subscribed to by all the Kings Council the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London who upon the Death of King Edward which happened in a short time after proclaimed the Lady Jane Queen in London and Westminster The Lady Mary being in Hartfordshire and hearing of it presently sent to the Lords of the Council commanding and requiring them to Proclaim her Queen which if they refused to do she threatned to recover her Right by force of Arms. The Lords returned answer That the Lady Jane was invested and possessed of the Crown by just Right and Title both by the Ancient Laws of the Land and by Letters Patents signed and sealed by the late King before his death and therefore they declared they would adhere to her and to none other requesting the Lady Mary that she would not upon any pretence endeavour to disturb the peace of the Kingdom promising her that if she would carry her self as a dutiful Subject they would be ready to do her any service The Lady Mary having received this answer withdrew further from the City and the Council being sensible of her stout and unquiet disposition they raised an Army which was commanded by the Duke of Northumberland The Lady Mary went into Suffolk and Norfolk gathering such aid of the Commons as she could and kept her self in Framingham Castle to whom the Suffolk men first resorted who being always forward in promoting the Gospel promised her their aid and assistance provided she would make no alteration of the Protestant Religion as it was established by her Brother King Edward To this she readily agreed and confirmed it with such Vows and Protestations that none could suspect her whereupon they joined with her and thus by the help of the Protestants she vanquished the Duke of Northumberland and his Army and was settled in the Kingdom but she soon forgot her promises for these very Suffolk men observing that Popery would be re-established they Petitioned to her to perform her word to them at which she was extreamly displeased and told them Forasmuch as you who are Members desire to rule your Head you shall one day find that Members must obey not seek to rule Yea one of the chief of these men Mr. Dob by name she caused for the Terror of others to be set in the Pillory several times and divers others that presented Supplications to her not to set up Popery she caused to be sent to prison Queen Mary being setled in the Kingdom the Lady Jane her Father the Duke of Northumberland and her Husband the Lord Guilford Dudley were soon after Beheaded and the Queen soon discovered her disaffection to the Protestant Religion by displacing all the Orthodox Bishops as Poinet Ridley Scorie Hooper Coverdale and by releasing out of the Tower Stephen Gardiner Bishop of Winchester whom she made Lord Chancellor of England● 〈◊〉 Bonner who was