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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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Smith. I know you speak by practice, as much as by speculation, for both you and your predecessors have sought all possible means to kill Christ secretly; witness Mr. Hun, whom your predecessor caused to be thrust in at the nose with hot burning needles, and then to be hanged, and gave it out that the said Hun hanged himself: and also a good brother of your's, a bishop of your profession, having in his prison an innocent man, whom, because he could not overcome by scripture, he caused to be privately strangled, and his flesh to be ••rn and plucked away with a pair of pincers; and bringing him before the people, said, the rats had eaten him. Thus according to your oath is all your dealing, and hath been: and as you, taking upon you the office, do not without oaths open your mouth▪ no more do you without murder maintain your traditions.
Smith. I know you speak by practice, as much as by speculation, for both you and your predecessors have sought all possible means to kill Christ secretly; witness Mr. Hunne, whom your predecessor caused to be thrust in at the nose with hot burning needles, and then to be hanged, and gave it out that the said Hunne hanged himself: and also a good brother of your's, a bishop of your profession, having in his prison an innocent man, whom, because he could not overcome by scripture, he caused to be privately strangled, and his flesh to be ••rn and plucked away with a pair of pincers; and bringing him before the people, said, the rats had eaten him. Thus according to your oath is all your dealing, and hath been: and as you, taking upon you the office, do not without oaths open your mouth▪ no more do you without murder maintain your traditions.
Bonner. Ah, you are a generation of liars; there is not one true word that cometh out of your mouths.