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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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NO less memorable it is, and worthy also to be noted, concerning the three ladders which he told to divers, he saw in his sleep set up towards heaven; of which there was one somewhat longer than the rest, but yet at length they became one, joining (as it were) all three together. I his was a forewarning revealed unto him, declaring undoubtedly▪ the martyrdom first of himself, […] the death of ⟨p. 766⟩two honest women, who were brought forth and suffered in the same town not long after.
NO less memorable it is, and worthy also to be noted, concerning the three ladders which he told to divers, he saw in his sleep set up towards heaven; of which there was one somewhat longer than the rest, but yet at length they became one, joining (as it were) all three together. I his was a forewarning revealed unto him, declaring undoubtedly▪ the martyrdom first of himself, 〈…〉 the death of ⟨p. 766⟩two honest women, who were brought forth and suffered in the same town not long after.
AS this pious martyr was going to the stake, a certain maid came to him, and took him about the neck and kissed him, which being marked by them that were present, was sought for the next day after to be had to prison and burned, as the very party herself informed me: however, as God of his goodness would have it, she escaped their fiery hands, keeping herself secret in the town a good while after But as this maid, called Rose Nottingham, was marvellously preserved by the providence of God; so there were two other honest women that fell into the rage and fury of that time. The one was a brewer's wife, the other was a shoemaker's wife, but both together now espoused to a new husband, Christ.