...persecutions could not prevent the growth of popery ; for, before their time, it was a maxim established that the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church. Be it as it may, we shall just observe, that the Catholics, now ground into dust, deprived of education...

...persecutions could not prevent the growth of popery ; for, before their time, it was a maxim established that the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church. Be it as it may, we shall just observe, that the Catholics, now ground into dust.-deprived of education...

...the extension of the cause and kingdom of Christ. It became proverbial with the primitive Christians, that "the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church." The persecutions of the apostolick age resulted in the conversion of Saul of Tarsus, who became the...

...its proper effects upon men's minds. For as in times of persecution, Tertullian told the heathen, i that the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the Church; and the more they were cut down, the more they grew; the exquisite cruelty that was used to destroy them,...

...had its proper effects upon men's minds. For as in times of persecution Tertullian told the heathen,1 that the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the Church ; and the more they were cut down, the more they grew ; the exquisite cruelty that was used to destroy them,...

...preached to his family, who shortly afterwards received baptism. But popery in China cannot boast, that the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church ; for after this persecution, the number of Christians decreased rapidly, and their fervour cooled....

...preached to his family, who shortly afterwards received baptism. But popery in China cannot boast, that the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church ; for after this persecution, the number of Christians decreased rapidly, and their fervour cooled....

...brought them in many instances to enlist under the standard of Christ; so that it was literally true, that " the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church." And in later times, in the reformation from Po* pery, the persecution of christians was in many instances...

...one would think the experience of so many years should have taught him, as well as the other tyrants, that the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the Church. There appears, however, a plan of polite refinement in this renewed persecution beyond any thing, which...

...Israelites were oppressed the more they grew : and it was observed in the primitive ages of Christianity, that the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church. The preservation of the bush was owing to the immediate presence and power of God, and this has been...