...chearfully laid down their Li-es for the Truth, to that Degree, that it became a common Obfervarion, that the Blood of the Martyrs was the Seed of the Church. And ' as to Believers themfelves, it muft needs be a great Confirmation of their Faith, and contribute...

...Confideration we now combat the Obftinacy of Unbelievers ; and it is upon this account principally, that the Blood of the Martyrs was the Seed of the Church. No Wonder then, that the Supreme Being, merciful as he is, mould yet permit his moil faithful Servants...

...Popery : for, before their time, it was a S s •m maxim established, (hat the blood of the maftyfs Was the seed of the church. Be it as it may, we shall...education and property, and every means of acquiring either, became null in their native country. They had no part in the framing or q^ecution of the laws,...

...not to perceive, after so long experience, that persecution* could not prevent the growth of Popery : before their time, it was a maxim established, that...martyrs was the seed of the church. Be it as it may, we shalt jitst observe, that the Catholics, now ground into dust, deprived ot education and property,...

...; it was indeed " the seed of the church."" And, blessed * It was a proverb in the primitive times, that " The blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church ;" but never could it be applied with 10 much propriety as to the blood of Christ. VOL. I. 62 be God,...

...as being an improper measure for the suppression of any religion, according to the received maxim, That the blood of the martyrs -was the seed of the church. He also condemned an entire indulgence of the catholics ; and seemed to represent a middle course as...

...deserved the name of liberators. It had been said that Christianity and slavery were incompatible, and that the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church ; so the sufferings of the missionaries, tinder God's blessing, would produce the emancipation of the...

...the rest of the community ; by which they would become lessinicnsely catholic. It was an old adage, that the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church ; and so every kind of persecution (and all religious disabilities come under this head) had a tendency...

...effect the very reverse of what he purposed ; and he seems to have discovered the truth of the maxim that " the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church." In his private character, Gardiner is entitled to some respect, not from its morality, for he is said...

...influenced by prejudice in his judgment concerning the Christians. It has been often said, and very truly, that ' the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church. And some early believers have themselves assured us, that b they were led to inquire into the principles...