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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.
Laurence a Deacon of Xystus Bishop of Rome, seeing him going to be martyred, earnestly desired to die with him, and cried out to him, saying; Oh dear Father! whither goest thou without the company of thy dear Son? hast thou proved me unnatural? Now try whether thou hast chosen a faithful Minister or no? Grant that the Body of thy Scholar may be sacrificed, whose mind thou hast beautified with good Letters. To whom Xystus said, He should follow him after 3 days. And when this Laurence was to be persecuted, he being as Deacon, Treasurer of the Church, and commanded by his Persecutors to produce the Treasure, caused a number of poor People to come together, and said; These were the Church's riches in whom Christ dwells. Whereat the Persecutors raged, and caused the fire to be kindled, and he was ⟨p. 105⟩laid on a hot burning Iron-bed, or Grid-Iron, and held down with hot forks, who said to the Tyrant: This side is roasted enough, turn up O Tyrant that, assay whether roasted or raw thou thinkest the better meat. This was done under the 8th Persecution, Vol. 1. pag. 92, 93.
Laurence a Deacon of Xystus Bishop of Rome, seeing him going to be martyred, earnestly desired to die with him, and cry'd out to him, saying; Oh dear Father! whither goest thou without the company of thy dear Son? hast thou proved me unnatural? Now try whether thou hast chosen a faithful Minister or no? Grant that the Body of thy Scholar may be sacrificed, whose mind thou hast beautified with good Letters. To whom Xystus said, He should follow him after 3 dayes. And when this Laurence was to be persecuted, he being as Deacon, Treasurer of the Church, and commanded by his Persecutors to produce the Treasure, caused a number of poor People to come together, and said; These were the Church's riches in whom Christ dwells. Whereat the Persecutors raged, and caused the fire to be kindled, and he was ⟨p. 105⟩laid on a hot burning Iron-bed, or Grid-Iron, and held down with hot forks, who said to the Tyrant: This side is roasted enough, turn up O Tyrant that, assay whether roasted or raw thou thinkest the better meat. This was done under the 8th Persecution, Vol. 1. pag. 92, 93.