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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 6 › The ORATION of CARDINAL POOLE, in the PARLIAMENT HOUSE.
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WHY should I rehearse unto you the tumults and ••• sion of blood that hath happened there of late days▪ […] trouble you with the rehearsal of those plagues that […] happened since this innovation of religion, whereof you ••ve felt the bitterness, and I have heard the report? Of all which matters I can say no more, but such was the misery of the time. And see how far forth this […] went. For those that live under the Turks, may freely live after their conference, and so was it not lawful […].
WHY should I rehearse unto you the tumults and ••• sion of blood that hath happened there of late days▪ 〈…〉 trouble you with the rehearsal of those plagues that 〈…〉 happened since this innovation of religion, whereof you ••ve felt the bitterness, and I have heard the report? Of all which matters I can say no more, but such was the misery of the time. And see how far forth this 〈…〉 went. For those that live under the Turks, may freely live after their conference, and so was it not lawful 〈…〉.
IF m•n examine well upon what grounds th•s• […] began, they shall well find the root of this […] other mischiefs, was […], and that the lust and […] affection of one man confounded all laws both […]. And notwithstanding all th•se devices and […] within this realm against the church […] they needed not to have lost you, but that th•• […] as friends to reconcile you, than a great […]. For they wanted not […] mighty […] in all Europe to […] that […]. Than mark the […] these […] to rise a great fac of riches […] came to great misery and lack. […] […] confound the wisdom of the wise, and […] unjust […] to […], and that thing which seemed to be […] for relief, was cause of plain ruin and decay. […] see that goodness of God, which at no time failed us, but most […] offered his grace, when it was of our parts […] deserved.