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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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TO the fifth article he answered, That if he had spoke against them, he had spoke but the truth: for they are naught, meaning the contents of the 〈…〉 article.
TO the sixth, he granted to the article, adding, that he did sell the said ballads, and that the same did contain God's word.
AFTER which answers, the said William Sparrow was sent unto prison. And the same day in the afternoon, being brought before the bishop again, and there charged with his said submission made •he year before unto the bishop, he answered thus: I am sorry, said he, that ever I made it, and it was the worst deed that eve• I did: adding further unto them, Hold up your abomination as long as you can. Also being laid unto him, and charged by the bishop that he went to church, and there was confessed and heard mass: he made answer and confessed, that he did so, but with a troubled conscience, he said, God knoweth.