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

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

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O Lord Jesus Christ, which art the only physician of wounded consciences, we miserable sinners trusting in thy gracious goodness, do briefly open unto thee the evil tree of our heart, with all the roots, bought, leaves, and fruits, and with all the crooks, knots, and withered ends, all which thou knowest: for thou thoroughly perceivest as well the inward lusts, doubtings, and denying thy providence, as those gross outward sins which we commit openly and daily. Wherefore we beseech thee according to the little measure of our infirmity, although we be very unable and unapt to pray, that thou wouldst mercifully circumcise our stony hearts, and for these old hearts create new within us, and replenish us with a new spirit, and water and moisten us with the juice of heavenly grace, and wells of spiritual waters, whereby the inward venom and noisome juice of the flesh may be dried up, and custom of the old man changed, and our hearts, always bringing forth thorns and briars to be burned with fire, from henceforth may bear spiritual fruits in righteousness and holiness, unto life everlasting, Amen.

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BELOVED, among other exercises, I do daily on my knees, use this confession of sins, willing and exhorting you to do the same, and daily to acknowledge unfeignedly to God your unbelief, unthankfulness, and disobedience against him.

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

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.

A Conversation between Mr. ROBERT SMITH and Mr. WILLIAM FLOWER, concerning the Crime with which the latter stood charged, of having struck and wounded a Popish Priest, while officiating before the Altar, at Westminster.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

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.

A Conversation between Mr. ROBERT SMITH and Mr. WILLIAM FLOWER, concerning the Crime with which the latter stood charged, of having struck and wounded a Popish Priest, while officiating before the Altar, at Westminster.

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