What Wesley Left Out

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they durſt not execute him publickly, they privately ſent and beheaded him in Foy &e Babs 


Prilon. His name was Fohrn de Buiſons, #7 | "ln Priſons i 


The godly in this City of Antwerp, being deſirous to take all opportunities _ - _ * Þ# 


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to-meet together in the fear of God, on a day when the Popiſh party was met td TheChurcha 
| behold great triumphs, they withdrew themſelyes out of the Ciry, and went Zen 
jato a Wood, where their Miniſter preached the Word of God to them : The © 73 
Drofart of Markſem being advertiſed hereof, took his Officers and went thither- 
ward , By the way he met with ſome poor Boys that were Cowherds;to'whom: ' 
he promiſed new Cloaths if they would bring him to rhe place 1 the Woo 
where their Aſſembly was , which they undertaking, he ſent ſome of his. Oflt- 
cers along with them into the Wood, who coming to the place like Wolves; 
the Sheep of Chriſt began to flie., The Miniſter ſeeing their fear, admoniſhed |... _ 
\ them not to ſtir : The Perſecutors were not above Five or Six,and the perſecuted © 
Four or Five hundred, fo that they might eaſily have- reſiſted them, but they _ "i 
would not. The Officers chiefly aimed to apprehend the Miniſter, and having 7% 
caught one of the Aſſembly, they thought Him to be the Man, crying one to + 3 
another, Hold the Prieſt faſt, ſtr! ing him with their Piſtols and Staves; and {6 #3 Ws 
carried him to the Drofart : They caught alſo two \vr-three more, which after- © _ 
wards made an eſcape, The Man only that remained with the Drofart whole _, -. 7 


feſſion ; why, fay they; cannot ſuch a young Man 4s thou art content thy ſelf with Oo 


our Religion and glorious Church, adorned with gold, ſilver, precious ſtones, th which ki + - _ 


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name was Bartholomew, was often ſet upon to be turned afide from his 


there is ſuch meledious Muſick, both of voices and inſtruments, but thou' muſt needs 
Joys thy ſelf to that Church that is hated, deſpiſed, andexpoſed tv ull manhter of cows _ 
rempt ? Bartholomew overcame all theſe temptations by the power of the AE = 
mighty, ſaying, That which i greatly eſteemed amongſt men, is altogether abomina- I 
ble in the ſight of God ; Then was he condemned and beheaded ; by which death 
he glorified God.” : " | OTE" 
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