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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 › The History and Examinations of ROBERT SMIT•, Martyr.
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The History and Examinations of ROBERT SMIT•, Martyr.
ROBERT SMITH was brought to […] the 5th of November, by John Matthew, […] man of the guard of the queen's side, by the co• mand of the council. Robert Smith first gave himself to service in the house of sir Thomas […] knight, being then provost of Eaton: from the••e he was preferred to Windsor, having there in the college a clerkship of ten pounds a year. Of […] he was tall and slender, active about many things▪ but chiefly delighting in the art of painting, […] many times rather for his mind's sake, than for […] gain, he did practice and exercise. In religion he was fervent, after he had once tasted the truth; ⟨p. 745⟩wherein he was much confirmed by the preaching of Mr. Turner, of Windsor, and others. Whereupon at the coming in of queen Mary he was deprived of his clerkship by her visitors; and not long after he was apprehended, and brought to examination before Bonner, as here followeth, written and testified with his own hand.
ROBERT SMITH was brought to 〈…〉 the 5th of November, by John Matthew, 〈…〉 man of the guard of the queen's side, by the co• mand of the council. Robert Smith first gave himself to service in the house of sir Thomas knight, being then provost of Eaton: from thee he was preferred to Windsor, having there in the college a clerkship of ten pounds a year. Of he was tall and slender, active about many things but chiefly delighting in the art of painting, many times rather for his mind's sake, than for gain, he did practice and exercise. In religion he was fervent, after he had once tasted the truth;