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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 of the Chr•• tians by the GOTHS. &c.
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AT this time Thrace was a scene of confusion, by means of the war carried on between the Goths, and the emperor's forces▪ and in these contests, the life of Eusebius was frequently in danger. The emperor, in order to terminate the war with the greater expedition, resolved to march against the Goths in person; but first to engage the prayers of the christians, he gave peace to the church of Christ▪ and allowed the orthodox prelates to return to their churches. Th•s was Eusebius restored to his […], which however he did not long enjoy, for an Arian woman threw a tile at him from the top of a house▪ which fractured his skull, and terminated his life in the year 380.
AT this time Thrace was a scene of confusion, by means of the war carried on between the Goths, and the emperor's forces▪ and in these contests, the life of Eusebius was frequently in danger. The emp•ror, in order to terminate the war with the greater expedition, resolved to march against the Goths in person; but first to engage the prayers of the christians, he gave peace to the church of Christ▪ and allowed the orthodox prelates to return to their churches. Th•s was Eusebius restored to his 〈…〉, which however he did not long enjoy, for an Arian woman threw a tile at him from the top of a house▪ which fractured his skull, and terminated his life in the year 380.
MARCE•LUS, bishop of Apamea, a prelate of great merit, was very active in attempting to suppress idolatry in his diocese, on which account his life was in continual danger, till Cynegius, the pr• fect, arrived with a considerable body of troops, which kept the pagans in awe. This officer's design was totally to abolish idolatry, to effect which he determined to destroy the temple of Jupiter; he however found this a more difficult attempt than he had imagined, for the building was so strong, the