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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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ARCHINIMUS was a devout christian, upon whom all manner of artifices were employed in vain, to make him renounce his faith. At length Genseric himself undertook to persuade him, but finding his endeavours ineffectual, he passed sentence upon him to be beheaded. He, however, privately ordered the executioner really to perform his office, if the prisoner seemed intimidated and afraid; "for then (said he) the crown of martyrdom will b• lo•t to him; but if he seems courageous, and willing to die (continued the king), strike not the stroke, for I do not intend that he shall have the honour of being deemed a martyr." The executioner• when they came to the place appointed […] Archinimus resolved, and happy in the thought of dying for the sake of Christ, brought him back again […] He was soon after this banished, and never heard of more, though it is conjectured that he was murdered privately by the king's order, as he thought the glory of dying publicly for the faith too great a favour.
ARCHINIMUS was a devout christian, upon whom all manner of artifices were employed in vain, to make him renounce his fait•. At length Genseric himself undertook to persuade him, but finding his endeavours ineffectual, he passed sentence upon him to be beheaded. He, however, privately ordered the executioner really to perform his office, if the prisoner seemed intimidated and afraid; "for then (said he) the crown of martyrdom will b• lo•t to him; but if he seems courageous, and willing to die (continued the king), strike not the stroke, for I do not intend that he shall have the honour of being deemed a martyr." The executioner• when they came to the place appointed 〈…〉 Archinimus resolved, and happy in the thought of dying for the sake of Christ, brought him back again 〈…〉 He was soon after this banished, and never heard of more, though it is conjectured that he was murdered privately by the king's order, as he thought the glory of dying publicly for the faith too great a favour.