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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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AND though […] go forth without persecution, if your grace had commanded that every m•n within your […] throughout all the world, which is the […] that Christ showed […] his disciples should come before the day of judgment; so that if your gra•e had once commanded that the scripture should be put forth, the devil would set forth some […] or other […] persecute the truth. But my purpose is, for the love that I have […] God principally, and the glory of his name, which is only known by his word, and for the true allegiance that I ow• unto your grace, and not to hide in the […] of my heart the talent given me by God, but […] it forth to others, that it may increase ⟨p. 874⟩to the pleasure of God, to exhort your grace to avoid and beware of these mischievous flatterers, and their abominable ways and counsels.
AND though 〈…〉 go forth without persecution, if your grace had commanded that every m•n within your 〈…〉 throughout all the world, which is the 〈…〉 that Christ shewed 〈…〉 his disciples should come before the day of judgment; so that if your gra•e had once commanded that the scripture should be put forth, the de•il would set forth some 〈…〉 or other 〈…〉 persecute the truth. But my purpose is, for the love that I have 〈…〉 God principally, and the glory of his name, which is only known by his word, and for the true allegiance that I ow• unto your grace, and not to hide in the 〈…〉 of my heart the talent given me by God, but 〈…〉 it forth to others, that it may increase ⟨p. 874⟩