The History of Persecution, from the Patriarchal Age, to the Reign of George IIChandler, Samuel
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The History of Persecution, from the Patriarchal Age, to the Reign of George II
Chandler, Samuel
Persecution -- Great Britain; Persecution -- History
to pass the rest of her life shut up in a convent of another order, that
was assigned to her without the city of Lisbon. Likewise, that from the
day of pronouncing the sentence, she should not receive the sacrament of
the eucharist for the space of five years, three Easters, and the hour
of death excepted; or unless it were necessary to obtain any jubilee,
that should in the mean while be granted by the pope. Likewise, that on
all Wednesdays and Fridays of the whole year, when the religious women
of that convent held a chapter, she should be whipped, whilst the psalm,
“Have mercy on me O God,” was reciting. Likewise, that she should not
sit down at table at the time of refreshment, but should eat publicly on
the pavement, all being forbidden to eat any thing she left. She was
also obliged to throw herself down at the door of the refectory, that
the nuns might tread on her as they came in and went out. Likewise, that
she should perpetually observe the ecclesiastical fast, and never more
be created an abbess, nor be chosen to any other office in the convent
where she had dwelt, and that she should be always subject to the lowest
of them all. Likewise, that she should never be allowed to converse with
any nun without leave of the abbess. Likewise, that all the rags marked
with drops of blood, which she had given out, her spurious relics, and
her effigies describing her, should be every where delivered to the holy
inquisition; or if in any place there was no tribunal of the
inquisition, to the prelate, or any other person appointed. Likewise,
that she should never cover her head with the sacred veil; and that
every Wednesday and Friday of the whole year she should abstain from
meat, and live only on bread and water; and that as often as she came
into the refectory, she should pronounce her crime with a loud voice in
the presence of all the nuns.
Michael Piedrola also took upon himself for many years the name of a
prophet, boasted of dreams and revelations, and affirmed they were
revealed to him by a divine voice. Being convicted of so great a crime,
he abjured de levi, was for ever forbid the reading of the Bible, and
other holy books, deprived of paper and ink, prohibited from writing or
receiving letters, unless such only as related to his private affairs;
denied the liberty of disputing about the holy Scripture, as well in
writing as in discourse; and finally, commanded to be thrown into jail,
and there pass the remainder of his life.
Another punishment of heretics who abjure, is the confiscation of all
their effects. And this confiscation is made with such rigour, that the
inquisition orders the exchequer to seize on not only the effects of the
persons condemned, but also all others administered by them, although it
evidently appears that they belong to others. The inquisition at Seville
gives a remarkable instance of this kind.
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