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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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THESE seven christian women, whose names were •ecusa, Phamme, Claudia, Alexandria, Julitta, Euphrasia, and Matrona, were forced to the temple; but absolutely refusing to wash the idols, the governor was so enraged that he ordered them all to have stones tied about their necks, and to be pushed into the water intended for th• washing, in which they gloriously expired.
THESE seven christian women, whose names were •ecusa, Phamme, Claudia, Alexandria, Julitta, Euphrasia, and Matrona, were forced to the temple; but a••olutely refusing to wash the idols, the governor was so enraged that he ordered them all to have stones tied about their necks, and to be pushed into the water intended for th• washing, in which they gloriously expired.
TIMOTHY, a worthy christian, being carried before Urban, governor of Palestine, was sentenced to be burnt to death by a slow fire; which sentence was executed at Gaza, in the year 304, on the 19th day of August.
PHILIP, bishop of Herac•e•, had, in every act of his life, appeared as a good christian; the chief of his disciples were Severus, a priest, and Hermes, a deacon; and these three did all i• their power to promote the cause of christianity.
PHILIP, bishop of Herac•e•, had, in every act of his life, appeared as a good christian; the chief of his disciples were Severus, a priest, and Hermes, a deacon; and these three did all i their power to promote the cause of christnity.