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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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AFTER being some time abroad he returned to England, and took up his residence at Cambridge, where he was admitted a member of Bennet allege. Having taken up his degrees, he entered into holy orders, and expounded the gospel in […] clear and intelligible a manner, as highly to delight his numerous auditors.
AFTER being some time abroad he returned to England, and took up his residence at Cambridge, where he was admitted a member of Bennet •llege. Having taken up his degrees, he entered into holy orders, and expounded the gospel in 〈…〉 clear and intelligible a manner, as highly to delight his numerous auditors.
BEING desirous of propagating the true gospel in his own country, he left Cambridge in 1544, and […] his arrival in Scotland he first preached at Mon••se, and afterwards at Dundee. In this last place […] made a public exposition of the epistle to the Romans, which he went through with such grace and freedom, as greatly alarmed the papists.
BEING desirous of propagating the true gospel in his own country, he left Cambridge in 1544, and 〈…〉 his arrival in Scotland he first preached at Mon••se, and afterwards at Dundee. In this last place 〈…〉 made a public exposition of the epistle to the Romans, which he went through with such grace and freedom, as greatly alarmed the papists.
IN consequence of this, (at the instigation of […] Beaton, the archbishop of St. Andrew's) one ••bert Miln, a principal man at Dundee, went to […] church where Wishart preached, and in the […] of his discourse publicly told him not to […] the town any more, for he was determined […] to suffer it.