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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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PROTASIUS and GERVASIUS were martyred at Milan: but the particular circumstances of their deaths are not recorded.
TIMOTHY, the celebrated disciple of St. Paul, and bishop of Ephesus, […] born a• Lystra, in the province of Lyca•ni•, his father being a Gentile, and his mother a J•we•• ▪ […] both his parents and his grandmother embraced christianity, by which means young Timothy was taught the precepts of the gospel from his infancy.
TIM•THY, the cel•brated disciple of St. Paul, and bishop of Ephesus, 〈…〉 born a• Lystra, in the province of Lyca•ni•, his father being a Gentile, and his mot•er a J•we•• ▪ 〈…〉 both his parents and his grandmother embrac•d c•ristia•ity, by which means young Timothy was taught the precepts of the gospel from his infancy.