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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.
Alban the first English Martyr, under the Tenth Persecution, did receive a Clerk into his House, flying for Religion, by whose Precepts and Precedents he of a Pagan became a Christian; and when the Emperor sent to apprehend the Clerk, Alban put on the Clerks Habits, and offered himself to the Soldiers as the Clerk, and so was had away; and being commanded on pain of death, by the Emperor, to sacrifice to Idols, he said, I am a Christian, and worship the true and living God, who created all the World; and the Sacrifices offered to Devils can neither help them that offer them, nor can they accomplish the desires of their Supplicants; but they whoever they be that offer Sacrifice to Devils, shall receive everlasting pains of Hell for their portion. Whereupon he was cruelly ⟨p. 4⟩beaten, and at last beheaded. Vol. 1. pag. 115.
Alban the first English Martyr, under the Tenth Persecution, did receive a Clerk into his House, flying for Religion, by whose Precepts and Precedents he of a Pagan became a Christian; and when the Emperour sent to apprehend the Clerk, Alban put on the Clerks Habits, and offered himself to the Souldiers as the Clerk, and so was had away; and being commanded on pain of death, by the Emperour, to sacrifice to Idols, he said, I am a Christian, and worship the true and living God, who created all the World; and the Sacrifices offered to Devils can neither help them that offer them, nor can they accomplish the desires of their Supplicants; but they whoever they be that offer Sacrifice to Devils, shall receive everlasting pains of Hell for their portion. Whereupon he was cruelly ⟨p. 4⟩beaten, and at last beheaded. Vol. 1. pag. 115.
Agnes a Virgin of Rome, in the Tenth Persecution, of Noble Parentage, before she was marriageable she was dedicated to Christ, and boldly resisted the wicked Edicts of the Emperor, who by fair and foul ways induced her to renounce her Faith, yet she remained constant and courageous, and offered her body to suffer any torment or pain, not refusing to suffer whatsoever it should be, though death it self: But the Tyrant threatened to expose her Chastity to danger, by sending her to the Stews, unless she would ask Minerva pardon. Whereupon she inveighed against Minerva, and said, Christ is not so forgetful of those that are his, that he will suffer violently to be taken from them their golden and pure Chastity. Thou shalt, saith she, bathe thy Sword in my blood if thou wilt, but thou shalt not defile my body with filthy lust, for any thing thou canst do. After which the Tyrant commanded her to be set naked