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Martyrs Omitted by Foxe; Records of Religious Persecutions in the 16th and 17th Centuries, Compiled by a Member of the English Church
Martyrs Omitted by Foxe Records of Religious Persecutions in the 16th and 17th Centuries Compiled by a Member of the English Church Author:John Foxe General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1870 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: t up, Sir Hammond 1'Estrange ali orse, and with his head uncovei :e to him in a courteous manner runstall, I find then you are del nd I hope you are prepared for it tHammond," he replied, "die I mu pine at it On the contrary, I ha fcrejoice that I am to die in so go i therefore I cannot but be thankf nanner, to Sir Hammond 1'Estrang instrumental in bringing me ) heartily forgive you, sir, and at my guiltless blood may not I 1 and yours." 1 thanked him, and so departed. I the ladder with great courage, an rs and rope. After a prayer, h the crowd, but was hindered b kinson and others, eated the words, " O ner !" and often call imploring also the id nd the Saints, and others. n3 ministers asked him, "If - ny merit in good v.,,,: , cte-d to be saved by his , it) " were certa1nly meifl salvatioo, through! PREFACE. Having been solicited by the Compiler of this volume to write a brief Preface to it, I readily comply with that request, firmly holding that nothing but good results can flow from a fair and impartial examination of a series of historical facts, regarding which so many writers have given an inadequate or wrong impression, in their accounts of the manner in which the political work of the Reformation in the sixteenth century was wrought out and completed. It seems to be generally allowed that the religious persecutions of that period were carried on with a savage malignity by the chiefs of either party -- the Conservative and the Innovating -- as circumstances and changes gave to each the upper hand and power. The only difference in the two cases was, that, whereas the Innovating party ...« less