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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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Volume 1 › Chapter 4 › An Account of the Rise, Progress, &c. of the INQUISITION.
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WHEN a person is summon•d to appear before the inquisition, the best method unless he i• sure of escaping by flight• is immediately to obey the summo••; for though really innocent, the least delay increases his criminality in the eye of the inquisi•• […] of the•r […] is, that backwardness […] guilt in the person sum••• […], it is the same as […] for should such ever return, the most cruel death would be the certain consequence.
WHEN a person is summon•d to appear before the inquisition, the best method unless he i• sure of escaping by flight• is immediately to obey the summo••; for though really innocent, the least delay increases his criminality in the eye of the inquisi•• 〈…〉 of the•r 〈…〉 is, that backwardness 〈…〉 guilt in the person sum••• 〈…〉, it is the same as 〈…〉 for should such ever return, the most cruel death would be the certain consequence.
THE inquisitors ••ver forget or forgive; length of time cannot […] their […] the humblest concessions, or most liberal presents obtain a pardon: they carry the desire of revenge to the grave, and would have both the property and lives of those who have offended them. Hence when a person once acsed to the inquisition, after escaping, is re-taken, he ought seriously to prepare himself for martyrdom, and aim his soul against the fear of death. Every person, in such a situation ought to be composed for the awful occasion, without expectation of remedy.