Identifier: foxeschristianma00fox (find matches)
Title: Foxe's Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution ..
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Foxe, John, 1516-1587
Subjects: Martyrs Persecution Church history
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., C. Foster publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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of prison,guarded by a company of soldiers. When he saw all these armedmen, Alas! said he, what meaneth this ? Soldiers are notneeded. By Gods grace I will not run away. With all my heartI give Him thanks that I am considered worthy to bear all this forHis names sake. When White had come to where his poor wife and children stoodweeping, the sudden sight of them so pierced his heart that the tearstrickled down his face. But soon after, as if to reprove this weakness,he struck his breast with his hand, saying these words, Ah, flesh,movest thou me so ! wouldst thou prevail ? Well, I tell thee, do whatthou canst, thou shalt not have the victory! By this time he hadcome near to the place of his sacrifice, and there found a stake readyset up, with some wood to make the fire. Seeing this, he wentforward very boldly to the stake, and fell down upon his knees, andrising again, said these words, Earth unto earth, and dust unto dust;thou art my mother, and unto thee I shall return. Then he went
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RAWLINS WHITE KNEELING AT THE STAKE 462 THE WORLDS CHRISTIAN MARTYRS. cheerfully, and set his back close to the stake. When he had beenthere awhile, he said to a friend who stood near (the one who wrotedown the account of this scene), I feel a great fighting betweenthe flesh and the spirit, and the flesh would very fain have his way;therefore I pray you, if you see me tempted to save myself from thefire, hold your finger up to me, and I trust I shall remember myself. As White was thus standing with his back close to the stake, asmith came with a great chain of iron. As the smith put the chainabout him, and was making it fast, White said to him, I pray you,good friend, nail the chain fast; for it may be that the flesh will strivemightily, but may God in His great mercy give me strength andpatience to bear the fire. Now, when the smith had fastened theprisoner to the stake, the officers began to lay on more wood, witha little straw and reeds. In this work the poor man at the stakeseemed

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