N20568:9755
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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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▪
FAREWEL, 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▪
FAREWELL▪ my dearly beloved brother, John Ridley, of the Walt•u• ▪ and you my gentl• and loving sister Elizabeth: who be•••es the natural […] of amity, your tender love, which you were said •ver to bear towards me above the rest of your brethren, doth bind me to love. My mind wa to […] acknowledged this your loving affection, and to have acquitted with deeds, and not with words alone. Your daughter Elizabeth I bid […], whom I love for the meek and gentle […] that God […]