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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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THE persecution of Diocletian began particularly to rage in A. D. 304, when many christians were put to cruel tortures, and the most painful and ignominious deaths: the most eminent and particular of whom we shall enumerate.
THE persecution of Dioclesian began particularly to rage in A. D. 304, when many christians were put to cruel tortures, and the most painful and igno••inious deaths: the most eminent and particular of whom we shall enumerate.
SATURNINUS, a Priest of Albitina, a town of Africa, used to officiate in his clerical capacity, preach, and administer the sacrament to a society of christians, who privately assembled at the house of Octavius Felix: for the severity of the times was such, that they could not publicly perform their religious duties.
BEING informed against, Saturninus, with four of his children, and sev•••l […] persons▪ were apprehended; and that their punishment […] more exem•l••y […], they were se•t to […], whe•e the• were examined […].
BEING informed against, Saturninus, with four of his children, and sev•••l 〈…〉 persons▪ were apprehended; and that their pu•ishment more exemly , they were set to , whee the were examined .