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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 › Book 2 › Chapter 11 › ANSWERS to the foregoing ARTICLES.
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THEN cruel Dr. Story being there present, commanded one of the tormentors to throw a faggot at him, wherewith being so hurt that his face bled, he left singing, and clapped both his hands upon his face. Truly, said Dr. Story to him tha• hurled the faggot, thou hast marred a good old song.
THEN cruel Dr. Story being there present, commanded one of the tormentors to throw a faggot at him, wherewith being so hurt that his face bled, he left singing, and clapt both his hands upon his face. Truly, said Dr. Story to him tha• hurled the faggot, thou hast marred a good old song.
YET notwithstanding all this, he put his hands abroad in the flames, and sung again, resigning his spirit into the hands of God, through his Son Jesus Christ.
AFTER the martyrdom of Mr. Denley at U• bridge, which was the 8th of August, Mr. Patrick Packing […] ▪ also suffered at the same town, about the 28th of the said month. This Packingham was charged by Bonner, (as you heard before in the tenth article) for his behaviour in the bishop's chapel, who at the mass time there standing, would not pull off his cap, which was taken for a heinous offence. Packingham being much persuaded by Bonner to recant, protested in these words to the bishop▪ That the church he believed was no catholic church, but was the church of Satan, and therefore he would never turn to it, &c.
AFTER the martyrdom of Mr. Denley at U• bridge, which was the 8th of August, Mr. Patrick Packing also suffered at the same town, about the 28th of the said month. This Packingham was charged by Bonner, (as you heard before in the tenth article) for his behaviour in the bishop's chapel, who at the mass time there standing, would not pull off his cap, which was taken for a heinous offence. Packingham being much persuaded by Bonner to recant, protested in these words to the bishop That the church he believed was no catholic church, but was the church of Satan, and therefore he would never turn to it, &c.