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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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WHEN the council assembled in the morning, the Jews mocked Jesus, and the elders suborned false witnesses against him: the principal accusation […] him being, that he had said, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands, Mark xiv.58. Caiaphas then asked him if he was Christ, the Son of God, or no; being answered in the affirmative, he was accused of blasphemy, and condemned to death by Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, who, tho' conscious of his innocence, yielded to the solicitations of the Jews, and condemned him to be crucified.
WHEN the council assembled in the morning, the Jews mocked Jesus, and the elders suborned false witnesses against him: the principal accusation 〈…〉 him being, that he had said, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands, Mark xiv.58. Caiaphas then asked him if he was Christ, the Son of God, or no; being answered in the affirmative, he was accused of blasphemy, and condemned to death by Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, who, tho' conscious of his innocence, yielded to the solicitations of the Jews, and condemned him to be crucified.
PREVIOUS to the crucifixion, the Jews, by way of derision, clothed Christ in a regal robe, put a crown of thorns upon his head, and a reed, for a sceptre, in his hand: they then mocked him with ironical compliments, spit in his face, slapped his cheeks, and taking the reed out of his hand, they struck him with it upon the head. Pilate would fain have released him, but the general cry was, Crucify him, Crucify him; which occasioned the govern•• to call for a basin of water, and having washed his hands, he declared himself innocent of the blood of Christ, whom he truly termed a just person. The Jews, however, said, let his blood be upon us and our children; which wish has manifestly taken place, as they have never since been a collected people.