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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 the prisoner has been searched under the name of ca•e, and robbed beneath the mask of justice, he is committed to prison by way of security. "He•e▪ says an authentic […] conveyed to ⟨p. 126⟩a dungeon, the sight of which must fill him with horror, torn from his family and friends, who […] not allowed access, or even to send him one consolatory letter, or take the least step in his favour in order to prove his innocence. He sees himself instant•• abandoned to his inflexible judges, to melancholy and despair, and even often to his most inveterate enemies, quite uncertain of his fate. Innocence on such an occasion is a weak […], nothing being easier than to ruin an innocent person."
WHEN the pris•ner has been searched under the name of ca•e, and robbed beneath the mask of justice, he is committed to prison by way of security. "He•e▪ says an authentic 〈…〉 conveyed to ⟨p. 126⟩a dungeon, the sight of which must fill him with horror, torn from his family and friends, who 〈…〉 not allowed access, or even to send him one consolat•ry letter, or take the least step in his favour in order to prove his innocence. He sees himself instant•• abandoned to his inflexible judges, to melancholy and despair, and even often to his most inveterate enemies, quite uncertain of his fate. Innocence on such an occasion is a weak 〈…〉, nothing being easier than to ruin an innocent person."