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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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Volume 1 › Chapter 3 › An Account of the Persecutions under the Arian Heretics.
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MANY, whose live• had been spared, were, however, banished to the deserts of Oasis, where they suffered unspeakable hardships; but their exile admitted of their indulgence of the most pious thoughts, and their sorrows were of a salutary nature.
MANY, whose live• had been spared, were, however, banished to the desarts of Oasis, where they suffered unspeakable hardships; but their exile admitted of their indulgence of the most pious thoughts, and their sorrows were of a saluta•y nature.
SECUNDU• ▪ an orthodox priest, differing in point of doctrine from a prelate of the same name; the bishop, who ••d imbibed all the heretical opinions of Arianism determined to put Secundus to death, for rejecting opinions which he had thought proper to embrace. Ta•ing one Stephen with him, who was as much an A•ian as himself, they sought out Secundus privately, and being enable to make him change his opinion, they fell upon and murdered him: when the holy marty•, just before he expired, called upon Christ to receive his soul, and to forgive his executioners.
SECUNDU• ▪ an orthodox priest, differing in point of doctrine from a prelate of the same name; the bishop, who ••d imbibed all the heretical opinions of Arianism• determined to put Secundus to death, for rejecting opinions which he had thought proper to embrace. Ta•ing one Stephen with him, who was as much an Aian as himself, they sought out Secundus privately, and being enable to make him change his opinion, they fell upon and murered him: when the holy marty, just befor he expired, called upon Christ to receive his soul, and to forgive his executioners.