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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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ARETH, the sixth son, was fastened to a pillar with his head downwards, slowly roasted by a fire kindled at some distance; h•s tongue was then cut out, and he was lastly fried in a pan.
ARETH, the sixth son, was fastened to a pillar with his head downwards, slowly roasted by a fire kindled at some distance; h•s tongue was then cut out, and he was lastly fryed in a pan.
JACOB, the seventh and youngest son, had his arms cut off, his tongue plucked out, and was then fried to death.
JACOB, the seventh and youngest son, had his arms cut off, his tongue plucked out, and was then fryed to death.
THEY all bore their fate with the same intrepidity as their elder brother, and called upon the Almighty to receive them into heaven.
SALAMONA, the mother, after having in a manner ⟨p. 7⟩