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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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BONIFACE, archbishop of Mentz, and father of the German church, was an English••an, and is, in ecclesiastical history, looked upon as one of the brightest ornaments of his nation. Originally his name was Winfred, or Wi•••ith, and he was born at Kirton, in Devonshire, then part of the West-Saxon kingdom. When he was only about six years of age, he began to discover a propensity to reflection, and seemed solicitous to gain information on religious subjects. Soon after, some evangelical missionaries came by chance to Kirton, and happened to fix their abode at his father's house. From these he understood, that the principal step to salvation was, to deny himself, and follow Christ. He considered seriously of what he heard, and, in process of time, determined to devote himself to a religious life. When he informed his father of his resolution, •he latter would willingly have dissuaded him from it; but finding him fully resolved, he permitted him to go and reside at a monastery in the city of Exeter. Wolfrad, the abbot, finding tha• he possessed a bright genius, as well as a strong inclination to study, had him removed to Nutscelle, a seminary of learning, in the diocese of Winchester, where he would have a much greater opportunity of attaining improvement than at Exeter. T•e abbot of Nutscelle, who was as much celebrated for his great learning as his christian virtues, took uncommon pains with his young pupil, who, in time, became a prodigy in profound literature, and divine knowledge; and was, at length, employed at Nu•scelle as a principal teacher.
BONIFACE, archbishop of Mentz, and father of the German church, was an English••an, and is, in ecclesiastical history, looked upon as one of the brightest ornaments of his nation. Originally his name was Winfr•d, or Wi•••ith, and he was born at Kirton, in Devonshire, then part of the West-Saxon kingdom. When he was only about six years of age, he began to discover a propensity to reflection, and seemed solicitous to gain information on religious subjects. Soon after, some evangelical missionaries came by chance to Kirton, and happened to fix their abode at his father's house. From these he understood, that the principal step to salvation was, to deny himself, and follow Christ. He considered seriously of what he heard, and, in process of time, determined to devote himself to a religious life. When he informed his father of his resolution, he latter would willingly have dissuaded him from it; but finding him fully resolved, he permitted him to go and reside at a monastery in the city of Exeter. Wolfrad, the abbot, finding tha he possessed a bright genius, as well as a strong inclination to study, had him removed to Nutscelle, a seminary of learning, in the diocese of Winchester, where he would have a much greater opportunity of attaining improvement than at Exeter. Te abbot of Nutscelle, who was as much celebrated for his great learning as his christian virtues, took uncommon pains with his young pupil, who, in time, became a prodigy in profound literature, and divine knowledge; and was, at length, employed at Nuscelle as a principal teacher.