BY PAGANS, JEWS, TURKS, PAPISTS, AND OTHERS, FROM THE EARLIEST AGES OF THE CHURCH TO THE PRESENT PERIOD.
INCLUDING THE Life, Sufferings, and Martyrdom of Our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST; WITH THE Martyrdom of the APOSTLES, EVANGELISTS, and other PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANS.
The Ten Great Persecutions under the Roman Emperors.
The Persecutions in Persia, under Saphores: and the Persecutions under the Arian Vandals. The Martyrdom of the Missionaries in China: The Persecutions in the East-Indies: The Barbarities exercised by the Spaniards in America: And the Cruelties practised on the Christians of Abyssinia and Georgia.
The Persecutions exercised by the Papists in various Parts of Europe.
Together with a COMPLETE HISTORY of the MARTYRDOMS of The FAITHFUL and VIRTUOUS in the First Ages of the World: The Persecutions of the Maccabees by the Greeks; of the Hebrews by the Egyptians; and of the Children of Israel by the Philistines, and other barbarous Nations.
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.
THE NEW AND COMPLETE BOOK of MARTYRS; OR, An Vniversal 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 THE EARLIEST AGES OF THE CHURCH TO THE PRESENT PERIOD.INCLUDING THE Life, Sufferings, and Martyrdom of Our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST; WITH THE Martyrdom of the APOSTLES, EVANGELISTS, and other PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANS.The Ten Great Persecutions under the Roman Emperors.The Persecutions in Persia, under Saphores: and the Persecutions under the Arian Vandals. The Martyrdom of the Missionaries in China: The Persecutions in the East-Indies: The Barbarities exercised by the Spaniards in America: And the Cruelties practised on the Christians of Abyssinia and Georgia.The Persecutions exercised by the Papists in various Parts of Europe.Together with a COMPLETE HISTORY of the MARTYRDOMS of The FAITHFUL and VIRTUOUS in the First Ages of the World: The Persecutions of the Maccabees by the Greeks; of the Hebrews by the Egyptians; and of the Children of Israel by the Philistines, and other barbarous Nations.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.
Title page of The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being…, New-York, 1794
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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].
John Foxe 1516–1587New-York: printed by William Durell, 1794
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I beseech you with my soul, commit yourself under the mighty hand of our God, trusting in his mercy, and he will surely help us, as shall be most unto his glory and our everlasting comfort, being sure of this, that he will suffer nothing to come unto us, but that which will be most profitable for us.
FOR it is either a correction for our sins, or a trial of our faith, or to set forth his glory, or for all together, and therefore must needs be well done. For there is nothing that cometh unto us by fortune or chance, but by our heavenly Father's providence. And therefore pray unto our heavenly Father, that he will ever give us his grace to consider it. Let us give him most hearty thanks for these his fatherly corrections; for as many as he loveth he correcte••▪ And I beseech you now be of good cheer, and count the cross of Christ greater riches, than all the vain pleasures of England. I do not doubt (I praise God for it), but that you have supped with Christ at his Maundy; I mean, believe in him: for that is the effect, and then must you drink of his cup, I mean his cross (for that doth the cup signify unto us). Take the cup with a good stomach, in the name of God, and then shall you be sure to have the good wine, Christ's blood, to thy poor thirsty soul. And when you have the wi•e, you must drink it out of this cup. Learn this when you come to the Lord's supper. In all things give thanks.
WITH Cuthbert Symson likewise were apprehended and also suffered Hugh Fox and John Devenish; who being brought unto their examinations with the said Cuthbert, before Bonner, bishop of London, March 19, had articles and interrogatories ministered unto them by the said officer.
WITH Cutbert Symson likewise were apprehended and also suffered Hugh Foxe and John Devenish; who being brought unto their examinations with the said Cutbert, before Bonner, bishop of London, March 19, had articles and interrogatories ministered unto them by the said officer.
TO the first article they all answered affirmatively: but John Devenish added, That that church is grounded upon the prophets and apostles, Christ being the head cornerstone, and how in that church there is the true faith and religion of Christ.
TO the first article they all answered affirmatively: but John Devenish added, That that church is grounded upon the prophets and apostles, Christ being the head corner•stone, and how in that church there is the true faith and religion of Christ.
TO the second article they all confessed and believed, That in Christ's catholic church, there are but two sacraments, namely, baptism and the supper of the Lord; otherwise they do not believe the contents of this article to be in any part thereof.
TO the seventh article they all answered affirmatively, that they have and will do still while they live; and John Devenish adding thereto, said that the sacrament of the altar, as it is now used, is no sacrament at all.
TO the eighth article they all confessed, and believed all things above by them acknowledged and declared to be true, and that they are of the diocese of London, and jurisdiction of the same.
THESE three above-named persons, Cuthbert, Fox, and Devenish, as they were altogether apprehended at Islington, so they all three suffered together in Smithfield, about the 28th day of March, […] whose perfect constancy the same Lord (in who•• cause and quarrel they suffered), giver of […] grace, and governor of all things, be exalted for ever, Amen.
THESE three above-named persons, Cutbert, Foxe, and Devenish, as they were altogether apprehended at Islington, so they all three suffered together in Smithfield, about the 28th day of March, 〈…〉 whose perfect constancy the same Lord (in who•• cause and quarrel they suffered), giver of 〈…〉 grace, and governor of all things, be exalted for ever, Amen.
