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London's lamentation, or, A serious discourse concerning the late fiery dispensation that turned our…
London's lamentation, or, A serious discourse concerning the late fiery dispensation that turned our (once renowned) city into a ruinous heap also the several lessons that are incumbent upon those whose houses have escaped the consuming flames / by Thomas Brooks.
London: printed for John Hancock and Nathaniel Ponder, 1670
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Caiaphas the high Priest, who gathered the Council, and suborned false Witness against the Lord Christ, was shortly after put out of his Office; and one Jonathan substituted in 1his room, whereupon he killed himself.
Cai•phas the high Priest, who gathered the Councel, and suborned false Witness against the Lord Christ, was shortly after put out of his Office; and one Jonathan substituted in 1his room, whereupon he killed himself.
- 1Euseb. Hist. lib. 2. cap. 7.
Not long after Pontius Pilate had condemned our Lord Christ, he lost his Deputiship, and Caesars favour; and being fallen into disgrace with the Roman Emperor, and banished by him, he fell into such misery, that he hanged himself.
Not long after Pontius Pilate had condemned our Lord Christ, he lost his Deputiship, and Caesars favour; and being fallen into disgrace with the Roman Emperour, and banished by him, he fell into such misery, that he hanged himself.
Oh the dreadful Judgments that were inflicted upon the chief Actors in the Ten Persecutions! Shall I give you a brief account of what befell them?