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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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THEN he said the Lord's prayer, and so made an end.
THEN Mr. Cholmely came to him, desiring him to recant his heresy, whereby he might do good to the people, or else he would be damned.
FLOWER answered as followeth: Sir, I beseech you for God's sake to be contented: for what I have said, I have said, and I have been of this faith from the beginning; and I trust to the living God he will give me his holy Spirit to continue to the end. Then he desired all the world to forgive him whom he had offended, as he forgave all the world.
THIS done, first his hand being held up against the stake, was struck off, his left hand being fastened behind him. At which striking off of his hand, some that were present, and purposely observing the same, credibly informed us, that he in no part of his body did once shrink at the striking thereof, but once a little stirred his shoulders.