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The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being…
The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of martyrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of marytrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].
New-York: printed by William Durell, 1794
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An account of the Second Primitive Persecution, under the Emperor DOMITIAN.
THE emperor Domitian, being naturally inclined to cruelty, first slew his brother, and then raised the second persecution against the christians. His rage was such, that he even put to death some of the Roman senators; some through malice, and others to confiscate their estates. He then commanded all the lineage of David to be put to death. Two christians were brought before the emperor, and accused of being of the tribe of Judah, and line of David; but from their answers, he despised them as idiots and dismissed them accordingly. He, however, for his lenity here, was determined to be more severe upon other occasions; for he took away the substance of many christians, banished others, and put several to death.
THE emperor Domitian, being naturally inclined to cruelty, first slew his brother, and then raised the second persecution against the christians. His rage was such, that he even put to death some of the Roman senators; some through malice, and others to confiscate their estates. He then commanded all the lineage of David to be put to death. Two christians were brought before the emperor, and accused of being of the tribe of Judah, and line of David; but from their answers, he despised them as ideots and dismissed them accordingly. He, however, for his lenity here, was determined to be more severe upon other occasions; for he took away the substance of many christians, banished others, and put several to death.