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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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and what added to his disquiet, was, his continually dreaming for many successive nights, that he saw the tailor with his eyes fixed upon him, in the same manner as during the execution.
and what added to his disquiet, was, his continually dreaming for many successive nights, that he saw the taylor with his eyes fixed upon him, in the same manner as during the execution.
A pious man, named Claudius, was burnt at Orleans; a Genoese youth, called Thomas, having rebuked a Roman catholic for profanely swearing▪ was informed against as an heretic, and committed to the flames at Paris: and three men at Lyons, being condemned for their religion, were conducted to the place of execution; two of them with ropes about their necks; but the third, having been an officer in the king's service, was exempted from that disgrace. He, however, told the officer, that he begged to be treated in the same manner as his companions, and desired they would indulge him with one of those precious collars about his neck, in honour of the Lord. His request was complied with: and after having sung a psalm with great fervency, they were all three burnt.
MATTHEW Dimonet, a converted libertine; Simon •al•e, a citizen of Geneva; and Nicholas Nail, a bookseller of Paris, were martyred by fire▪ for professing the reformed religion.
MATTHEW Dimonet, a converted libertine; Simon •al•e, a citizen of Geneva; and Nicholas Naile, a bookseller of Paris, were martyred by fire for professing the reformed religion.