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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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YOU do me wrong then, said Dr. Taylor, and alleged many laws and constitutions for himself, but ⟨p. 479⟩all availed not; for he was again carried to prison and his livings taken away, and given to another. As for Hadley benefice, it was given or sold (I know not which) to one Mr. Nowealle, whose great virtues were altogether unlike to Dr, Taylor's, his predecessor, as the poor parishioners full well have found.
YOU do me wrong then, said Dr. Taylor, and alledged many laws and constitutions for himself, but ⟨p. 479⟩all availed not; for he was again carried to prison and his livings taken away, and given to another. As for Hadley benefice, it was given or sold (I know not which) to one Mr. Nowealle, whose great virtues were altogether unlike to Dr, Taylor's, his predecessor, as the poor parishioners full well have found.
AFTER a year and three quarters, or thereabouts, the papists got certain old laws, which were annulled by Henry VIII. and Edward VI. to be again revived by parliament; so that now they might, by authority, cite whom they would, upon their own suspicion, and charge him with what articles they pleased, and, except they in all things agreed to their purpose, burn them. When these laws were once established, they sent for Dr. Taylor, with several other prisoners, who were convened before the chancellor and other commissioners in January.
AFTER having been several times before the chancellor, with whom he had warmly contended, the following articles were exhibited against him: