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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 conversion of the governor was followed by that of his whole family, and some of his friends.
THE tyrant Maximian being informed of th•s• circumstances, immediately sent one of his principal officers, named Lucius, to Assisium, who according to his instructions, ordered the governor and all his family to be beheaded.
THE tyrant Maximian being informed of th•s• circumstances, immediately sent one of his principal officers, named Lucius, to Assisium, who accor•ing to his instructions, ordered the governor and all his family to be beheaded.
SOON after their execution, Sabinus himself was scourged to death, in the month of December, A. D. 304.
MARCELLUS and Experantius, two ecclesiastics, who officiated under Sabinus, were scourged in a most dreadful manner, but remaining constant in their faith, their flesh was torn with hooks till they expired.