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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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AS a man intending to take a far journey, and to depart from his familiar friends, commonly and naturally hath a desire to bid his friends farewell before his departure; so likewise now I, looking daily when I should be called to depart hence from you, (O all you my dearly beloved brethren and sisters in our Saviour Christ that dwell here in this world) having a like mind towards you all, to bid you all, my dear brethren and sisters (I say in Christ) that dwell upon the earth, after such manner as I can, Farewell.
AS a man intending to take a far journey, and to depart from his familiar friends, commonly and naturally hath a desire to bid his friends farewel before his departure; so likewise now I, looking daily when I should be called to depart hence from you, (O all you my dearly beloved brethren and sisters in our Saviour Christ that dwell here in this world) having a like mind towards you all, to bid you all, my dear brethren and sisters (I say in Christ) that dwell upon the earth, after such manner as I can, Farewel.
FAREWELL, my dear brother George Shipside, whom I have ever found faithful, trusty, and loving in all states and conditions, and now in the time of my cross over all others to me most friendly and steadfast, and that which pleased me best over all other things, in God's cause ever hearty.
FAREWEL, my dear brother George Shipside, whom I have ever found faithful, trusty, and loving in all states and conditions, and now in the time of my cross over all others to me most friendly and stedfast, and that which pleased me best over all other things, in God's cause ever hearty.
FAREWELL, my dear sister Alice his wife, I am glad to hear of thee, that thou dost take Christ's cross, which is laid now (blessed be God) both on thy back and mine, in good part. Thank thou God that hath given thee a godly and loving husband: see thou honour him and obey him, according to God's law. Honour thy mother in law, his mother, and love all those that pertain unto him, being ready to do them good a it shall lie in thy power. As for thy children, I doubt not of thy husband, but that he who hath given him an heart to love and fear God, and in God them that pertain unto him, shall also make him friendly and beneficial unto thy children, even as if they had been begotten of his own body