N20568:9756
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 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 […] ⟨p. 909⟩given her, which is a precious thing in the sight of God.
FAREWEL▪ 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 〈…〉 ⟨p. 909⟩given her, which is a precious thing in the sight of God.