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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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ZOE, the wife of the gaoler, who had the care of the before-mentioned martyrs, being greatly edified by their discourses, had a desire to become a christian: this, as she was dumb with a palsy, she could only express by gestures.
PITYING her condition, they gave her full instructions in the faith, and told her to pray in her heart to God to relieve her from her disorder. She complied with their request, and was at length relieved; for her paralytic disorder by degrees left her, and her speech was restored.
THIS enforced her belief, and confirmed her a christian; and her husband, finding her cured, soon became a convert to christianity. These conversions made a great noise, and the converts were soon apprehended. Zoe was commanded to sacrifice to Mars, which refusing she was hanged upon a tree, and a fire of straw lighted under her. When her body was taken down it was thrown into a river, with a large stone tied to it, in order to sink it.
THIS inforced her belief, and confirmed her a christian; and her husband, finding her cured, soon became a convert to christianity. These conversions made a great noise, and the converts were soon apprehended. Zoe was commanded to sacrifice to Mars, which refusing she was hanged upon a tree, and a fire of straw lighted under her. When her body was taken down it was thrown into a river, with a large stone tied to it, in order to sink it.