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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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AGRICOLA, as we are informed by St. Ambrose, was a christian of so very amiable a disposition, that he even gained the esteem and admiration of the pagans. Being apprehended as a christian, he was crucified in imitation of the death of our Saviour: and his body, together with the cross, were buried in one grave, at Bologna, in Italy.
AGRICOLA, as we are informed by St. Ambrose, was a christian of so very amiable a disposition, that he even gained the esteem and admiration of the pagans. Being apprehended as a christian, he was crucified in imitation of the death of our Saviour: and his body, together with the cross, were buried in one grave, at Bologne, in Italy.
VITALIS, the servant and convert of the above martyr, Agricola, was seized upon the same account as his master, and being put to the torture, died under the hands of his tormentors, through the severity of his sufferings.
VICTORIUS, Carpophorus, Severus, and Seve•ianus, were brothers, and all four employed in places of great trust and honour in the city of Rome. Having exclaimed against the worship of idols, they were apprehended, and scourged with the plumbetae, or scourges, to the ends of which were fastened leaden balls. This punishment was exercised with such excess of cruelty, that the pious brothers fell martyrs to its severity.
VICTORIUS, Carpophorus, Severus, and Seve•ianus, were brothers, and all four employed in places of great trust and honour in the city of Rome. Having exclaimed against the worsship of idols, they were apprehended, and scourged with the plumbetae, or scourges, to the ends of which were fastened leaden balls. This punishment was exercised with such excess of cruelty, that the pious brothers fell martyrs to its severity.