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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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AFTER a very tedious voyage, and enduring innumerable hardships, he reached the imperial city of Constantinople, and was immediately thrown into prison. While in confinement, he wrote two epistles to the emperor to refute the calumnies forged against him with respect to his faith and loyalty. The substance of which was, that for a proof of the soundness of the former, he appeals to the testimony of the whole clergy, and his own solemn protestation to defend the truth as long as he lived. In answer to such objections as had been made against the latter, he declared he neither sent money, letters, or advice to the Saracens, but only remitted a sum for the relief of poor christians among those people: he concludes with saying, that nothing could be […] false than what the heretics had alleged against him concerning the Blessed Virgin, whom he firmly believed to be the mother of God, and worthy of all honour […] divine Son. In his […] of his being […] already related, and his […] from […] and hoping his […], when […] removed from this […]."
AFTER a very tedious voyage, and enduring innumerable hardships, he reached the imperial city of Constantinople, and was immediately thrown into prison. While in confinement, he wrote two epistles to the emperor to refute the calumnies forged against him with respect to his faith and loyalty. The substance of which was, that for a proof of the soundness of the former, he appeals to the testimony of the whole clergy, and his own solemn protestation to defend the truth as long as he lived. In answer to such objections as had been made against the latter, he declared he neither sent money, letters, or advice to the Saracens, but only remitted a sum for the relief of poor christians among those people: he concludes with saying, that nothing could be 〈…〉 false than what the heretics had alledged against him concerning the Blessed Virgin, whom he firmly believed to be the mother of God, and worthy of all honour 〈…〉 divine Son. In his 〈…〉 of his being 〈…〉 already related, and his 〈…〉 from 〈…〉 and hoping his 〈…〉, when 〈…〉 removed from this 〈…〉."