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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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AT last being removed from the ministry, and put from his benefice, (as many other good pastors were when he could not avoid the raging violence of the time, yet would he not give over his care that he had for his flock, but would teach the• privily and by stealth, when he could not openly […] so. At which time order was given by the queen, to be published by the commissioners, that all priests which had been married in king Edward's days, should put away their wives from them, and be compelled to return again to their chastity and single life. This decree Mr. Samuel would not stand to, because he knew it to be manifestly wicked and abominable; but determining with himself, that God's laws were not to be broke for man's traditions, still kept his wife at Ipswich, and gave his diligence in the mean time to the instructing of others which were about him, as occasion served. At last Mr. •oster having int•••igence hereof, being a great doer in those parts, spared no time not diligence, but quickly sent his […] abroad, ⟨p. 765⟩laying close wait for Mr. Samuel, that if he came home to his wife at any time, they might apprehend him, and carry him to prison.
AT last being removed from the ministry, and put from his benefice, (as many other good pastors were when he could not avoid the raging violence of the time, yet would he not give over his care that he had for his flock, but would teach the• privily and by stealth, when he could not openly 〈…〉 so. At which time order was given by the queen, to be published by the commissioners, that all priests which had been married in king Edward's days, should put away their wives from them, and be compelled to return again to their chastity and single life. This decree Mr. Samuel would not stand to, because he knew it to be manifestly wicked and abominable; but determining with himself, that God's laws were not to be broke for man's traditions, still kept his wife at Ipswick, and gave his diligence in the mean time to the instructing of others which were about him, as occasion served. At last Mr. •oster having int•••igence hereof, being a great doer in those parts, spared no time not diligence, but quickly sent his abroad,