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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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To whom he made this full answer, That he held no heretical opinion, but utterly abhorred all ⟨p. 544⟩kind of heresy, although they most untruly did so slander him. And he desired all the people there to bear him witness, (if any hereafter should slander him, and say that he held any grievous heresy) that in all articles of religion he held no other opinion than was by law established, and publicly taught in England at the death of king Edward the sixth; and in the same pure religion and doctrine he would by God's grace, stand, live, and die. Here the chancellor spake to one Leach, who stood near to Mr. Marsh, and bade him stand farther from him; for his presence did him no good.
To whom he made this full answer, That he held no heretical opinion, but utterly abhorred all ⟨p. 544⟩kind of heresy, although they most untruly did so slander him. And he desired all the people there to bear him witness, (if any hereafter should slander him, and say that he held any greivous heresy) that in all articles of religion he held no other opinion than was by law established, and publicly taught in England at the death of king Edward the sixth; and in the same pure religion and doctrine he would by God's grace, stand, live, and die. Here the chancellor spake to one Leach, who stood near to Mr. Marsh, and bade him stand farther from him; for his presence did him no good.
THIS being done, the bishop took a writing out of his bosom, and began to read the sentence of condemnation: but when he had read almost half thereof, the chancellor called him, and said, Good my lord, stay, stay: for if you proceed any farther, it will be too late to call it again, and so the bishop stayed. Then his popish priests, and many other of the ignorant people, called upon Mr. Marsh, with many earnest words, to recant; and amongst others, one Pulleyn, a shoe-maker, said to him, For shame man remember thyself, and recant. They bade him kneel down and pray, and they would pray for him: so they kneeled down, and he desired them to pray for him, and he would pray for them.