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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 2 › Examination 3: The last Examination of ROGER HOLLAND.
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ROGER (said the lord Strange), I perceive my lord would have you tell him, whether you will submit yourself to him or no.
YEA, said Bonner, and confess this preface that I have spoken of.
WITH this Roger turned to the lord Strange, and the rest of his kinsmen and friends, and very cheerfully kneeled down upon his knees and said, God, by the mouth of his servant St. Paul, hath said, "Let every soul submit himself unto the higher powers, and he that resisteth, receiveth his own damnation;" and as you are a magistrate appointed by the will of God, so do I submit myself unto you, and to all such as are appointed for magistrates.
WITH this Roger turned to the lord Strange, and the rest of his kinsmen and friends, and very chearfully kneeled down upon his knees and said, God, by the mouth of his servant St. Paul, hath said, "Let every soul submit himself unto the higher powers, and he that resisteth, receiveth his own damnation;" and as you are a magistrate appointed by the will of God, so do I submit myself unto you, and to all such as are appointed for magistrates.