楼主
the fend
Under the lbufdi pursectttioos vtiich began about theyear of Christ , many suffered martyrdom In England. the fend of ourfene&tbois, vriMjK Christianity hsd toon pbmtedvery oasly, and, as m supposed, in the days df tfcp apostles. And in the fatter pec secutkms, pie Mxtmm emferoilingipeiwl at the frustration of their peeilcisi wbo we not ship extirpate Chris tisnltf , or Under its progms, encaged to betike mm violent In their attempts.Thus a ffcft part of the first three hunlwd years aftsr Christ was spent in violent and cruel persecutions of the church by die Roman powers. Spftan was very unwilling to let go Ins hold of so great a part of the weridf and ?vmj wayfliii ckief part of it, as Hie countries contained'in the Roman empire were, of which he had had the quiet possession for so family ages; and t&erefofeywtien t saw it going so fast out ef Mi hands, he bestirred himself to his utmost: All hell was, as it were, nosed against it to oppose it with its utmost power Saltan bs exerting himself by thepewerdf the Heathen MBT Soman empire, is called lie gremt tcd dragmm scripture, timing seven tisads and ten horns, ftghting against the woman clothed with the sun, as mdic th of Rev. And the terrible conflict there mm feotosen the dknrcfe of Cferist and the powers of die Heathen empire before Censtantine's time, is MBT Shoes there, m verse , represented by the war between Michael and his angels, and the dragon and his angels :And there was warin heaven ; Michael and his angels fought, and the dragon fought and his angels."I would take notice what success the gospel had in tha world before the time of Constantine, notwithstanding all thUopposition Though the learning and power of the Romanempire were so great, and both were employed to the utmost against Christianity to put a stop to it, and to root it outfor so long a time, and in so many repeated attempts ; yet all was in vain, they could neither root it out, nor put a stop to it.... But still,iirspite of all that they could do, the kingdom of Christ wonderfully prevailed, and Satan's Heathen kingdom mouldered and consumed away before it, agreeably to the words ofthe text, " The moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool." And it was very observable, that for the most part the more they persecuted the church, MBT Shoes Clearance the more it increased ;
