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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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ON the 24th, the Rev. John Melvin, a Scotchman, was sent to Newgate by the council.
ON the 28th, a letter was directed to the mayor of Coventry and the corporation, for apprehending Hugh Symonds, vicar of St. Michael's, in Coventry, and for sending him up to the council, with his examinations, and other matters they could charge him with. A commission was likewise enclosed to punish all such, who, by means of his preaching, had at any time talked against the queen's proceedings.
ON the 28th, a letter was directed to the mayor of Coventry and the corporation, for apprehending Hugh Symonds, vicar of St. Michael's, in Coventry, and for sending him up to the council, with his examinations, and other matters they could charge him with. A commission was likewise inclosed to punish all such, who, by means of his preaching, had at any time talked against the queen's proceedings.
ON the 29th, John Hooper, bishop of Gloucester, and on the 31st, Coverdale, bishop of Exeter, appeared before the council, in obedience to the letters of the 22d instant.