N20568:14791
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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"See that none of your suffer as a murderer, or as […] thief, or an evil-doer, of as a busy body in other men's matters; but if any man suffer as a christian man, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God •n this behalf; for the time is come that […] must begin at the house of God. If it ••rst begin at us, what shall the end of them be that ••lieve not the gospel of God? Wherefore let ••em that suffer according to the will of God, commit their souls to him in well doing."
"See that none of your suffer as a murderer, or as 〈…〉 thief, or an evil-doer, of as a busy body in other men's matters; but if any man suffer as a christian man, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God •n this behalf; for the time is come that 〈…〉 must begin at the house of God. If it ••rst b•gin at us, what shall the end of them be that ••lieve not the gospel of God? Wherefore let ••em that suffer according to the will of God, com•it their souls to him in well doing."
ST. Paul saith, 2 Tim. iii. "All that will live godly in Christ Jesus, must suffer persecution."