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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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TURNING to his father then, with a cheerful countenance, he desired that the military habit intended for his wearing, might be given to the executioner▪ and, after taking leave of him, said, he ⟨p. 42⟩hoped they should meet again in the other world, and be happy to all eternity. He then received, at once, the fatal stroke, and the crown of martyrdom.
TURNING to his father then, with a chearful countenance, he desired that the military habit intended for his wearing, might be given to the execu•ioner▪ and, after taking leave of him, said, he ⟨p. 42⟩hoped they should meet again in the other world, and be happy to all eternity. He then received, at once, the fatal stroke, and the crown of martyrdom.
THE father beheld the execution with amazing fortitude, and saw the head of his heroic son severed from his body, without any ••sible emotions, but such as seemed to proceed from a conscious pleasure, in being the […] one whose piety and courage rendered him so shining an example for christians to imitate in future times.
THE father beheld the execution with amazing fortitude, and saw the head of his heroic son severed from his body, without any ••sible emotions, but such as seemed to proceed from a conscious pleasure, in being the 〈…〉 one whose piety and courage rendered him so shining an example for christians to imitate in fu•ure times.