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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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The HISTORY of JOHN SIMSON and JOHN ARDELEY, of the Parish of WIGBOROW-THE-GREAT, in ESSEX.
JOHN SIMSON and JOHN ARDELEY were condemned for the same cause and on the same day with Mr. Cardmaker and John Warn, which was the 25th day of May. But before we come to the story of them, first here is to be noted the copy of the king and queen's letter directed from the court the same day, and sent by a post early in the morning to bishop Bonner, in tenor and form as followeth.
JOHN SIMSON and JOHN ARDELEY were condemned for the same cause and on the same day with Mr. Cardmaker and John Warne, which was the 25th day of May. But before we come to the story of them, first here is to be noted the copy of the king and queen's letter directed from the court the same day, and sent by a post early in the morning to bishop Bonner, in tenor and form as followeth.
RIGHT reverend father in God, right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well. And where of late we addressed our letters to the justices of peace within every of the counties of this our realm, whereby amongst other instructions given them for the good order and quiet government of the country round about them, they are willed to have a special regard unto such disordered persons as (forgetting their duties towards God and us) do lean to any erroneous and heretical opinions, refusing to show themselves conformable to the catholic religion of Christ's church; wherein if they cannot by good admonitions and and fair means reform them, they are willed to deliver them to the ordinary, to be by him charitably travelled withal, and removed (if it may be) from their naughty opinions, or else, if they continue obstinate, to be ordered according to the laws provided in that behalf: understanding now, to our no little marvel, that divers of the said disordered persons, being by the justices of peace, for their contempt and obstinacy, brought to the ordinaries to be used as aforesaid, are either refused to be received at their hands, or if they be received, are neither so travelled with, as christian charity requireth, nor yet proceeded withal accordi to the order of justice, but are suffered to continue in their errors, to the dishonour of Almighty God, and dangerous example of others; like as we find this matter very strange, so we have thought convenient both to signify our knowledge and therewith also to admonish you to have in this behalf such regard henceforth to the office of a good pastor and bishop, as when any such offenders shall be by the said office or justices of the peace brought unto you, you to […] your good wisdom and discretion in procuring to remove them from their errors, if it may be, or else in proceeding against them (if they shall confine obstinate) according to the order of the laws; so as thro' your good furtherance, both God's glory may be better advanced, and the common-wealth more quietly governed. Given under our signet, at our manor of Hampton-court, the 24th of May, the first and second years of our reign.