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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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RAWLINS passed away the time in prayer, and chiefly in singing of psalms: which kind of godly exercise he always used both at Cardiff castle, and in all other places.
HAVING continued a prisoner in Cockmarel prison at Cardiff, some time, about three weeks before the day wherein he suffered, the head officers of the town, that had the charge of his execution, were determined to burn him because they would be sooner rid of him; although they had no writ of execution awarded, as by the law they should have. Whereupon one H. Lewes, the recorder of the town, that then was, seeing they went about to burn him without any warrant by writ, came to them and told them, That if they did burn him before they had the writ, for burning of heretics, the wife of the said Rawlins would upon just cause, by law, call their doings into question.
IMMEDIATELY upon this advertisement, they sent to London for the writ above-named: upon the receipt whereof they made speed to the execution. The day being at hand, wherein the good father should perform and accomplish the last act of this his worthy conflict, he was the night before engaged in preparing himself.