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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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THIS affair so enraged the Eutychians, that they determined to wreak their vengeance on Proterius, who fled to the •urch for sanctuary: but on Good Friday, A. D. 4•7, a large body of them rushed into the church, and barbarously murdered the prelate; after which they dragged the body through the streets, […] it, cut it to pieces, burnt it, and scattered the ashes in the air.
THIS affair so enraged the Eutychians, that they determined to wreak their vengeance on Proterius, who fled to the •urch for sanctuary: but on Good Friday, A. D. 4•7, a large body of them rushed into the church, and barbarously murdered the prelate; after which they dragged the body through the streets, 〈…〉 it, cut it to pieces, burnt it, and scattered the ashes in the air.
JULIA, a Carthaginian lady, was taken prisoner when the Vandals sacked that city. After being sold and resold as a slave, she became the property of a Syrian pagan, named Eusebius. Her master could not but admire a religion which inspired such resignation and patience in vassalage, and the […] ⟨p. 78⟩painful employments: thus it is plain, that the humility and purity prescribed by christianity will attract even the admiration of heathens.
JULIA, a Carthaginian lady, was taken prisoner when the Vandals sacked that city. After being sold and resold as a slave, she became the property of a Syrian pagan, named Eusebius. Her master could not but admire a religion which inspired such resignation and patience in va••alage, and the 〈…〉 ⟨p. 78⟩