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Martyrologia alphabetikē, or, An alphabetical martyrology containing the trials and dying expressions of many…Martyrologia alphabetikē, or, An alphabetical martyrology containing the tryals and dying expressions of many…
Martyrologia alphabetikē, or, An alphabetical martyrology containing the trials and dying expressions of many martyrs of note since Christ : extracted out of Fox's Acts and monuments of the church : with an alphabetical list of God's judgements remarkably shown on many noted and cruel persecutors : together with an appendix of things pertinent to martyrology by N.T., M.A.T.C.C. [i.e. Master of Arts Trinity College Cambridge]Martyrologia alphabetikē, or, An alphabetical martyrology containing the tryals and dying expressions of many martyrs of note since Christ : extracted out of Foxe's Acts and monuments of the church : with an alphabetical list of God's judgements remarkably shown on many noted and cruel persecutors : together with an appendix of things pertinent to martyrology by N.T., M.A.T.C.C. [i.e. Master of Arts Trinity College Cambridge]
London: printed for R. Butler, 1677
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.
in the first fire he prayed mildly, as one without pain, Lord Jesus thou Son of David have mercy on me, and receive my Soul. After the second fire was spent he wiped both Eyes, and looking on the people, begged for Gods sake more fire: And in the third fire he cried out, Lord Jesus receive my Spirit, Lord Jesus have mercy on me; and so spoke no more, ⟨p. 81⟩continuing motion of his lips, till they shrank to his gums; and beating his breast with his hands till one arm fell off, and the other by fat, water, and blood, stuck to the Iron, by which he was fastened to the Stake; and so he dyed. Vol. 3. p. 156.
in the first fire he prayed mildly, as one without pain, Lord Iesus thou Son of David have mercy on me, and receive my Soul. After the second fire was spent he wiped both Eyes, and looking on the people, beg'd for Gods sake more fire: And in the third fire he cryed out, Lord Iesus receive my Spirit, Lord Iesus have mercy on me; and so spoke no more, ⟨p. 81⟩continuing motion of his lips, till they shrank to his gums; and beating his breast with his hands till one arm fell off, and the other by fat, water, and blood, stuck to the Iron, by which he was fastned to the Stake; and so he dyed. Vol. 3. p. 156.
In a Letter he wrote out of Prison to divers Friends, he undervalues the worldly joys and troubles, in comparison of Hells misery, or Heavens glory; and exhorts them to constancy, thus: It was an easy thing to hold with God and Christ, whilst the Prince and World held with him; but now the World hateth him, it is the true trial who be his: Let us not run when it is most time to fight; none shall be Crowned, but them that fight manfully: Beware of beholding the Worlds felicity, or misery, too much; whose love, or fear, draweth from God: Think the felicity of the World good, but yet no otherwise than stands with Gods favour: It is to be kept, yet so as we lose not God; of adversity, judge ⟨p. 82⟩