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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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THE innocent slave not suspecting the trap laid for her, came immediately, when the governor told her that he would procure her liberty, if she would sacrifice to the heathen gods. To which Julia replied, that while she was permitted to enjoy her religion, she was as free as she desired to be.
FELIX, not being able to prevail, ordered her to be severely beaten, which she bore with the utmost patience. Finding her still resolute, he command•d, that the hair of her head should be pulled up by the roots. This barbarity having no greater effect than the former, he sentenced her to be hanged, which sentence was immediately put in execution.
FELIX, not being able to prevail, ordered her to be severely beaten, which she bore with the utmost p•ti•nce. Finding her still resolute, he command•d, that the hair of her head should be pulled up by the roots. This barbarity having no greater effect than the former, he sentenced her to be hanged, which sentence was immediately put in execution.
JULIA was scarce dead when Eusebius recovered from his intoxication. As soon as he understood what had past, he was greatly afflicted, and in the first transports of his resentment had thoughts of complaining to the emperor, who being a christian, would have punished the perfidy of the governor. But reflecting again, that Felix had only acted with a zeal for the deities he himself adored, he determined to put up with the loss, and retire from a place which was become so disagreeable to him.