Chapter 9 An Account of the Life and Persecutions of Martin Luther This illustrious German divine and reformer of the Church was the son of John Luther and Margaret Ziegler, and born at Isleben, a town of Saxony, in the county of Mansfield, November 10, 1483. His father’s extraction and condition were originally but mean, […]

Chapter 6 An Account of the Persecutions in Italy, Under the Papacy We shall now enter on an account of the persecutions in Italy, a country  which has been, and still is, •1. The center of popery. •2. The seat of the pontiff. •3. The source of the various errors which have spread themselves over […]