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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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NOW when he came to the place of execution without the city, near unto Spittal-Boughton, one Cawdry, being then a deputy chamberlain of Chester, showed Mr. Marsh a writing under a great seal, saying, That it was a pardon for him if he would recant. Whereat he answered, That he would gladly accept the same, (and said further, that he loved the queen) but forasmuch as it tended to pluck him from God, he would not receive it upon that condition.
NOW when he came to the place of execution without the city, near unto Spittal-Boughton, one Cawdry, being then a deputy chamberlain of Chester, shewed Mr. Marsh a writing under a great seal, saying, That it was a pardon for him if he would recant. Whereat he answered, That he would gladly accept the same, (and said further, that he loved the queen) but forasmuch as it tended to pluck him from God, he would not receive it upon that condition.
AFTER that he began to speak to the people, showing the cause of his death, and would have exhorted them to stick unto Christ. Whereupon one of the sheriffs said, George Marsh, we must have no sermoning now. To whom he said, Master, I cry your mercy; and so kneeling down said his prayers, put off his clothes unto his shirt, and then was chained to the post, having a number of faggots under him, and a thing made like a firkin, with pitch and tar in it, over his head; and by reason the fire was unskilfully made, and that the wind did drive the same to and fro, he suffered great extremity in his death, which notwithstanding he bore very patiently.
AFTER that he began to speak to the people, shewing the cause of his death, and would have exhorted them to stick unto Christ. Whereupon one of the sheriffs said, George Marsh, we must have no sermoning now. To whom he said, Master, I cry your mercy; and so kneeling down said his prayers, put off his clothes unto his shirt, and then was chained to the post, having a number of faggots under him, and a thing made like a firkin, with pitch and tar in it, over his head; and by reason the fire was unskilfully made, and that the wind did drive the same to and fro, he suffered great extremity in his death, which notwithstanding he bore very patiently.