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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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THEN he said, that I, at the first dash, condemned the queen and the whole realm to be of the church of Antichrist. I answered, That the queen's majesty (God save her grace) would have done well enough, if it had not been for his counsel. He said, the queen went before him, and it was her own motion. I said, I neither could, nor would I ever believe it.
THEN said Dr. Aldrise, bishop of Carlisle, that they the bishops would bear him witness. Yes, said I, that I believe well: and with that the people laughed; for that day there were many: but on the morrow they kept the doors shut, and would let none in, but the bishop's adherents and servants. Then Mr. Comptroller, and secretary Bourne, would have stood up also to •ear witness, and did.
I said it was no great matter; and to say the truth, I thought that they were good helpers thereunto themselves: but I ceased to say any more, knowing that they were too strong and mighty of power, and that they should be believed before me, yes, and before our Saviour Christ, and all his prophets and apostles too, in these day•.