Ezra 7:26 And whoever will not do the law of your God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily on him, whether it be to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment. Torrey's Topical Textbook
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The Persecutions of the Church. ... began to flag, attempts were often made to ... to sustain the rigours of confinement" more especially ... The prisons were everywhere crowded with Christians; and the ... /.../killen/the ancient church/chapter ii the persecutions of.htm