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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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AFTER this examination bishop Farrar remained in prison till the 14th of February, and then was sent down into Wales, there to receive sentence of condemnation. Who then, upon the 26th of February, in the church of Carmarthen, being brought by […] Leyson, esq sheriff of the county of Carmarthen, was there personally presented before Henry, bishop of St. David's, and Constantine the public notary; which Henry there and then discharged the said sheriff, and received him into his own custody, committing him to the keeping of Owen Jones, and thereupon declared unto the […] Dr. Farrar, the great mercy and clemency that the king and queen's highness's pleasure was to be offered unto him, which he […] did offer •nto the said Dr. Farrar; that is to say. That i• he would submit himself to the laws of this realm▪ and conform himself to the unity of the universal catholic church, he should be received and pardoned; after that, Dr. Farrar giving no answer to the premises, the said bishop ministered unto him the following articles.
AFTER this examination bishop Farrar remained in prison till the 14th of February, and then was sent down into Wales, there to receive sentence of condemnation. Who then, upon the 26th of February, in the church of Caermarthen, being brought by 〈…〉 Leyson, esq sheriff of the county of Caermarthen, was there personally presented before Henry, bishop of St. David's, and Constantine the public notary; which Henry there and then discharged the said sheriff, and received him into his own custody, committing him to the keeping of Owen Jones, and thereupon declared unto the 〈…〉 Dr. Farrar, the great mercy and clemency that the king and queen's highness's pleasure was to be offered unto him, which he 〈…〉 did offer •nto the said Dr. Farrar; that is to say. That i• he would submit himself to the laws of this realm▪ and conform himself to the unity of the universal catholic church, he should be received and pardoned; after that, Dr. Farrar giving no answer to the premises, the said bishop ministered unto him the following articles.