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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 1 › Chapter 1: An Account of the PERSECUTIONS in the FIRST AGES of the WORLD.
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CHAP. I. An Account of the PERSECUTIONS in the FIRST AGES of the WORLD.
THE spirit of persecution soon began to show itself in the world, after the creation. Of th•s we have a lamentable account given by Moses. The righteous Abel was the first martyr who fell a sacrifice to the envy and cruelty of his brothe• Cain. Afterwards commenced the persecution of Noah by his son Ham; the persecution of Lot at Sodom; and of Joseph by his brethren.
THE spirit of persecution soon began to shew itself in the world, after the creation. Of th•s we have a lamentable account given by Moses. The righteous Abel was the first martyr who fell a sacrifice to the envy and cruelty of his brothe• Cain. Afterwards commenced the persecution of Noah by his son Ham; the persecution of Lot at Sodom; and of Joseph by his brethren.
IN these early ages, the first general persecution may be deemed that of the children of Israel by Pharaoh. This tyrant not only afflicted both sexes of all ages by means of the most cruel tas•-masters, but even orde•ed the new-born infants of the Hebrew women to be murdered. He was, however, punished fo his persecutions; first by ten dreadful plagues, and afterwards by being swallowed up in the Red Sea, with all his host.