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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 next morning about seven o'clock, this gentleman came into the chamber wherein Mr. John Bradford lay, and being with him, he began a long oration, how that of love and acquaintance he came to speak that which he would further utter. You did (said he) so wonderfully behave yourself before the lord chancellor, and other bishops yesterday, that even the greatest enemies you have, did see that they have no matter against you: and therefore I advise you, (speaking as though it came of his own good will, without making any other man privy, or any other procuring him as he said) this day, for anon you shall be called before them again, to desire a time, and men to confer withal, so shall all men think a wonderful wisdom, gravity, and piety in you; and by this means you shall escape present danger, which else is nearer than you are aware of. To this Mr. Bradford answered, I neither can nor will make such request. For then shall I give occasion to the people, and to all others to think that I doubt of the doctrine which I confess, which thing I do not, for thereof I am most assured, and therefore I will give no such offence.
AS they were thus talking, the chamber door was unlocked, and Dr. Seton came in, whom when Mr. Bradford saw, he spake thus in his own mind: What, sir, goeth the matter thus? This man told me, no man knew of his coming: Lord, give me grace to remember thy lesson, "Beware of those men, &c. Cast not your pearls before dogs:" for I see these men he come to hunt for matter, that the one may bear witness to the other.
DR. SETON, after some by-talk of Mr. Bradford's age, of his country, and such like, began a gay and long discourse of my lord of Canterbury, Mr. Latimer, and Mr. Ridley, and how they at Oxford were not able to answer any thing at all: and that therefore my lord of Canterbury desired to confer with the bishop of Durham and others; all which talk tended to this end, that Mr. Bradford should make the like suit, being nothing to be compared in learning to my lord of Canterbury.