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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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BEING brought to the amphitheatre▪ several beasts were let l•ose upon them; but none of the animals, though hungry, would touch them This so greatly irritated Maximus, that he seve••ly reprehended the keeper, and ordered him to produce a beast that would execute the business for which he was wanted. The keeper then brought out a large bear, that had that very day destroyed three men; but this voracious creature, and a fierce lioness, both refused to touch the prisoners.
FINDING the design of destroying them by the means of wild beasts ineffectual, Maximus ordered them to be slain by a sword, which was accordingly executed on the 11th of October, A. D. 3•3. They all declared, previous to their martyrdom, that as death was the common lot of all men, they wished to met that for the sake of Christ, which they must of course fall a victim to on account of nature; and to resign that life to faith, which must otherwise be the prey of disease. These sentiments are noble, christian like, and philosophical; for as death is certain, the time and mode is not of that importance commonly imagined.
ROMANUS, a native of Palestine, was deacon of the church of Caesarea, at the time of the commencement of Diocletian's persecution. Being at Antioch when the imperial order arrived for sacrificing to idols, he was greatly afflicted to see many christians, through fear, submit to the idolatrous mandate, and deny their faith to preserve their lives.
ROMANUS, a native of Palestine, was deacon of the church of Caesarea, at the time of the commencement of Dioclesian's persecution. Being at Antioch when the imperial order arrived for sacrificing to idols, he was greatly afflicted to see many christians, through fear, submit to the idolatrous mandate, and deny their faith to preserve their lives.