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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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AFTER dinner I was called into the hall again, and the bishop desired the old bishop to take me into his chamber; for I would be glad said he▪ if you could convert him. So he took me into his chamber, and sat himself down in a chair, and said to me, I would to God I could do you some good you are a young man, and I would not wish you to go too far, but learn of your •lders to bear somewhat.
Hawks. I will bea• nothing that is contrary to the word of God. And I looked that the old bishop should have made me an answer, but he was fast asleep.
Haukes. I will bea• nothing that is contrary to the word of God. And I looked that the old bishop should have made me an answer, but he was fast asleep.
THEN I departed out of the chamber alone, and ⟨p. 587⟩went to the porter's lodge again, and there I saw the old bishop last: I suppose he is not yet awake.