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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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CHAP. VI. The HISTORY and MARTYRDOM of RAWLINS WHITE, aged 60, a Fisherman in WALES, who was burned at CARDIFF, in the same Month as was Bishop FARRAR: reported by J. DANE, who was almost continually with him during his Troubles and Sufferings unto his DEATH. Also, a LETTER from Bishop GARDINER to Bishop BONNER, concerning celebrating the POPE'S FUNERAL; with other Public Occurrences in the Months of March and April, 1555.
RAWLINS WHITE was by his calling and occupation a fisherman, living and continuing in the said trade for the space of twenty years at least, in the town of Cardiff, being one of a very good name amongst his neighbours. As touching his religion at first, it cannot otherwise be known, but that he was a great partaker of the superstition and idolatry that then was used in the reign of Henry VIII. But after that God of his mercy had raised up the light of his gospel, through the blessed government of king Edward VI. Rawlins White began partly to mislike that which before he had embraced, and to have some good opinion of that which before by the iniquity of the times had been concealed from him; and the rather to bring this good purpose and intent of his to pass, he began to be a diligent hearer, and a great searcher out of the truth.
RAWLINS WHITE was by his calling and occupation a fisherman, living and continuing in the said trade for the space of twenty years at least, in the town of Cardiff, being one of a very good name amongst his neighbours. As touching his religion at first, it cannot otherwise be known, but that he was a great partaker of the supe•stition and idolatry that then was used in the reign of Henry VIII. But after that God of his mercy had raised up the light of his gospel, through the blessed government of king Edward VI. Rawlins White began partly to mislike that which before he had embraced, and to have some good opinion of that which before by the iniquity of the times had been concealed from him; and the rather to bring this good purpose and intent of his to pass, he began to be a diligent hearer, and a great searcher out of the truth.