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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 › Book 1 › Chapter 1 › The Tumult at Paul's Cross, occasioned by Mr. Bourn's Sermon.
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NEAR this period, or not long before, Mr. Bourn, a canon of St. Paul's, and who was afterwards made bishop of Bath, being appointed by Bonner, then bishop of London, to preach at Paul's Cross, he took occasion, from the gospel of the day, to speak largely in justification of Bonner, who was then present, by saying, that Bonner, four years ago, had preached from the same text, and in the same place, for which he was most cruelly and unjustly cast into that most vile dungeon the Marshalsea, where he was confined during king Edward's reign. His words had such an ill effect upon his hearers, as to cause them to murmur and stir in such sort, that the mayor and aldermen then present feared much an uproar; indeed, so great was the popular resentment, that one hurled a dagger at Mr. Bourn, but who the person was could not then be ascertained, though he was afterwards discovered. In short, the tumult became so violent, that the preacher was silenced, broke off his discourse, and durst no more appear in that place; for the matter of his discourse tended much to the dispraise of king Edward, which the people could in no wise endure. Then Mr. Bradford, being in the pulpit, stood forth, at the request of Mr. Bourn's brother, and spoke so mildly and effectually to the people, that with a few words he pacified them. This done, he and Mr. Rogers conducted Mr. Bourn betwixt them to the Grammar school door, where they left him safe; for which prudent and humane conduct, they were both, shortly after, rewarded with long imprisonment, and at last with fire in Smithfield.
NEAR this period, or not long before, Mr. Bourn, a canon of St. Paul's, and who was afterwards made bishop of Bath, being appointed by Bonner, then bishop of London, to preach at Paul's Cross, he took occasion, from the gospel of the day, to speak largely in justification of Bonner, who was then present, by saying, that Bonner, four years ago, had preached from the same text, and in the same place, for which he was most cruelly and unjustly cast into that most vile dungeon the Marshalsea, where he was confined during king Edward's reign. His words had such an ill effect upon his hearers, as to cause them to murmur and stir in such sort, that the mayor and aldermen then present feared much an uproar; indeed, so great was the popular resentment, that one hurled a daggar at Mr. Bourn, but who the person was could not then be ascercained, though he was afterwards discovered. In short, the tumult became so violent, that the preacher was silenced, broke off his discourse, and durst no more appear in that place; for the matter of his discourse tended much to the dispraise of king Edward, which the people could in no wise endure. Then Mr. Bradford, being in the pulpit, stood forth, at the request of Mr. Bourn's brother, and spoke so mildly and effectually to the people, that with a few words he pacified them. This done, he and Mr. Rogers conducted Mr. Bourn betwixt them to the Grammar school door, where they left him safe; for which prudent and humane conduct, they were both, shortly after, rewarded with long imprisonment, and at last with fire in Smithfield.