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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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An Account of the Martyrdom of Six Men, who suffered at Brentford, for the true Testimony of JESUS CHRIST.
THESE six martyrs were of the company of those who were apprehended in a Close, near Islington (as is before-mentioned), and sent to prison. Whose names here follow: Robert Mills, Stephen Cotton, Robert Dines, Stephen Wight, John Slade, William Pikes, alias Pikes, the tanner.
THESE six martyrs were of the company of those who were apprehended in a Close, near Islington (as is before-mentioned), and sent to prison. Whose names here follow: Robert Mills, Stephen Cotton, Robert Dynes, Stephen Wight, John Slade, William Pikes, alias Pikes, the tanner.
THESE six martyrs were burnt at Brentford, seven miles from London, on the 14th of July, 1558. They had their articles ministered to them by T. Derbyshire, Bonner's chancellor, at sundry times, to which they made their answers much after the same manner as others have done before.
THESE six martyrs were burnt at Brentford, seven miles from London, on the 14th of July, 1558. They had their articles ministered to them by T. Darbyshire, Bonner's chancellor, at sundry times, to which they made their answers much after the same manner as others have done before.