The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being…

Name: The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being…
Author: John Foxe

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].

John Foxe 1516–1587New-York: printed by William Durell, 1794

2 v. : ill. ; 28 cm. (4to) · 1.2M words · Evans 26991

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Volume 1 › Book 2 › Chapter 7 › Letter: A LETTER, From JAMES BRADSHAW, a godly Brother, to the Rev. Mr. GEORGE MARSH, when in P…

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A LETTER, From JAMES BRADSHAW, a godly Brother, to the Rev. Mr. GEORGE MARSH, when in Prison.

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GRACE and peace from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you always, Amen.

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WE had a letter from you which is a great comfort unto us, to see you take the cross so thankfully. Trouble and affliction doth prove, try, instruct, confirm and strengthen the faith, provoke and stir up to prayer, drive and force us to amendment of life, to the fear of God, to meekness, to patience, to constancy, to gentleness, to soberness, temperance, and to all manner of virtues, and are the occasion of exceeding much good, as well transitory as eternal, in this world as in the world to come. There is neither good nor bad, godly nor ungodly, but he hath one cross or other. And although some there be that can shift for a while, and make provision for themselves for a time, by craft, soberly, and dissimulation, or by some falsehood in fellowship, (as they call it) yet they bring themselves at length into the highest danger, confusion, and shame, both in this world, and in the world to come. And seeing that all the trou••• and adversity in this world, are a thousand times more lig•• and easy, yea nothing in comparison of the eternal fire, which is prepared and already kindled for the unfai•••• wicked enemies of God; all faithful and godly […] ought to bear and suffer their transitory affliction an• •••versity the more patiently, willingly, and thankfully, cdering and remembering all the dearly beloved frien of God, which were wonderfully vexed and plagued of their enemies, Abraham of the Chaldees, Lot of the Sodomites, Isaac of Ishmael, Jacob of Esau, Moses of his people, David of Saul, and of his own son. As for Job, he had not a drop of blood in his body. John the Baptist, the holiest […] ever was born of a woman, was without any law, right […] reason beheaded in prison, as though God had known […] at all of him.

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The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being…

A LETTER, From JAMES BRADSHAW, a godly Brother, to the Rev. Mr. GEORGE MARSH, when in Prison.

A PRAYER Of the Rev. Mr. GEORGE MARSH, which he used to say daily.

CHAP. VIII. The History of the Lives, Cruel Treatment, Sufferings, and Martyrdom of Mr. WILLIAM FLOWER, the Rev. Mr. JOHN CARDMAKER, Mr. JOHN WARN, Mr. JOHN SIMSON, and Mr. JOHN ARDELEY, under the Persecution of the inhuman BONNER, in the bloody Reign of MARY I.

CHAP. VIII. The History of the Lives, Cruel Treatment, Sufferings, and Martyrdom of Mr. WILLIAM FLOWER, the Rev. Mr. JOHN CARDMAKER, Mr. JOHN WARNE, Mr. JOHN SIMSON, and Mr. JOHN ARDELEY, under the Persecution of the inhuman BONNER, in the bloody Reign of MARY I.

I. The History of the Life, Sufferings, and Martyrdom, of Mr. WILLIAM FLOWER, a Monk and Priest, who, for striking a Popish Priest, was apprehended, and, first having his Hand cut off, was martyred for his constant Adherence to the Truth.

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Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

A LETTER, From JAMES BRADSHAW, a godly Brother, to the Rev. Mr. GEORGE MARSH, when in Prison.

A PRAYER Of the Rev. Mr. GEORGE MARSH, which he used to say daily.

CHAP. VIII. The History of the Lives, Cruel Treatment, Sufferings, and Martyrdom of Mr. WILLIAM FLOWER, the Rev. Mr. JOHN CARDMAKER, Mr. JOHN WARN, Mr. JOHN SIMSON, and Mr. JOHN ARDELEY, under the Persecution of the inhuman BONNER, in the bloody Reign of MARY I.

CHAP. VIII. The History of the Lives, Cruel Treatment, Sufferings, and Martyrdom of Mr. WILLIAM FLOWER, the Rev. Mr. JOHN CARDMAKER, Mr. JOHN WARNE, Mr. JOHN SIMSON, and Mr. JOHN ARDELEY, under the Persecution of the inhuman BONNER, in the bloody Reign of MARY I.

I. The History of the Life, Sufferings, and Martyrdom, of Mr. WILLIAM FLOWER, a Monk and Priest, who, for striking a Popish Priest, was apprehended, and, first having his Hand cut off, was martyred for his constant Adherence to the Truth.

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