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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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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.
PETER Sere was originally a priest, but reflecting on the errors of popery, he, at length, embraced the reformed religion, and learned the trade of a shoe-maker, that by honest industry he might obtain a subsistence. Having a brother at Toulouse, who was a bigoted Roman catholic, Sere, out of fraternal love, made a journey to that city, in order to dissuade him from his superstitions. The brother•• wife not approving of his design, lodged a complaint against him. He was soon apprehended, and very candidly made a full declaration of his faith. The judge then asked him concerning his occupation: ⟨p. 117⟩to which he replied, "I have of late practised the trade of a shoe-maker." Of late, said the judge, and what did you practise formerly? That I am almost ashamed to tell you, exclaimed Sere, because it was the vilest and most wicked occupation imaginable. The judge and all who were presen•, from these words supposed he had been a murderer. or thief, and that what he spoke was through contrition for his past crimes. The judge, however, to put the matter beyond doubt, ordered him to explain precisely what he meant; when Sere, with tears in his eyes, cried, "O• I was formerly that abominable thing—A POPISH PRIEST." This reply surprised all who heard it, and so much exasperated the judge, that he condemned Sere to be first degraded, then to have his tongue cut, and afterwards to be publicly burnt; which sentence was punctually executed in all its parts.