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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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CYPRIAN burnt his books of astrology and magic, received baptism, and became animated with a powerful spirit of grace. The conversion of Cyprian had a great effect on the pagan gentleman who paid his addresses to Justina, and he in a short time embraced christianity.
DURING the persecution of Diocletian, Cyprian and Justina were seized upon as christians, when the former was torn with pincers, and the latter chastised; and after suffering other torments, both were beheaded.
DURING the persecution of Dioclesian, Cyprian and Justina were seized upon as christians, when the former was torn with pincers, and the latter chastised; and after suffering other torments, both were beheaded.
SERGIUS was an officer in the Roman army, and attended the emperor Maximian into Syria. Being accused as a christian, he was ordered to sacrifice to Jupiter. Refusing to perform any such idolatrous command, he was stripped of his military habit, and, by way of derision, dressed in woman's clothes. He then was forced to walk a considerable way with nails in his sandals, and had a conclusion put to his sufferings by being beheaded.
SERGIUS was an officer in the Roman army, and attended the emperor Maximian into Syria. Being accused as a christian, he was ordered to sacrifice to Jupiter. Refusing to perform any such idolatrous command, he was stripped of his military habit, and, by way of derision, dressed in woman's cloaths. He then was forced to walk a considerable way with nails in his sandals, and had a conclusion put to his sufferings by being beheaded.