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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 2 › Book 3 › Chapter 1 › An Account of JAMES AUSTOO, and MAR•••• his Wife.
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An Account of JAMES AUSTOO, and MAR•••• his Wife.
I Cannot find why these two persons were […] apprehended; howbeit, as the days then […], it was no hard or strange matter to fall into […] hands of such, as with cruelty persecuted the […] professors of God's gospel, especially having […] many promoters, and unkind neighbours to […] them forwards. By which kind of people, […] not unlike these two godly yoke-fellows […] and taken: and being once delivered […] merciless hands of Bonner, their examinatio•• […] may be sure) were not long deferred. For the […] of July, 1557, they were brought before hi• […] London; where first he demanded of the […] James Austoo (amongst other questions) where […] had been confessed in Lent, and whether he •• ceived the sacrament of the altar at Easter, or not?
I Cannot find why these two persons were 〈…〉 apprehended; howbeit, as the days then 〈…〉, it was no hard or strange matter to fall into 〈…〉 hands of such, as with cruelty persecuted the 〈…〉 professors of God's gospel, especially having 〈…〉 many promoters, and unkind neighbours to 〈…〉 them forwards. By which kind of people, 〈…〉 not unlike these two godly yoke-fellows 〈…〉 and taken: and being once delivered 〈…〉 merciless hands of Bonner, their examinatio•• 〈…〉 may be sure) were not long deferred. For the 〈…〉 of July, 1557, they were brought before hi London; where first he demanded of the James Austoo (amongst other questions) where had been confessed in Lent, and whether he ceived the sacrament of the altar at Easter, or not?