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Christs victory over Satan's tyranny Wherein is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithful…Christs victorie ouer Sathans tyrannie Wherin is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithfull…
Christs victory over Satan's tyranny Wherein is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithful soldiers that the Devil either by his grand captains the emperors, or by his most dearly beloved sons and heirs the popes, have most cruelly martyred for the truth. With all the poisoned doctrines wherewith that great read dragon hath made drunken the kings and inhabitants of the earth; with the confutations of them together with all his traitorous practises and designs, against all Christian princes to this day, especially against our late Queen Elizabeth of famous memory, and our most religious Sovereign Lord King James. Faithfully abstracted out of the Book of martyrs, and divers other books. By Thomas Mason preacher of Gods Word.Christs victorie ouer Sathans tyrannie Wherin is contained a catalogue of all Christs faithfull souldiers that the Diuell either by his grand captaines the emperours, or by his most deerly beloued sonnes and heyres the popes, haue most cruelly martyred for the truth. With all the poysoned doctrins wherewith that great redde dragon hath made drunken the kings and inhabitants of the earth; with the confutations of them together with all his trayterous practises and designes, against all Christian princes to this day, especially against our late Queen Elizabeth of famous memorie, and our most religious Soueraigne Lord King Iames. Faithfully abstracted out of the Book of martyrs, and diuers other books. By Thomas Mason preacher of Gods Word.
London: printed by George Eld and Ralph Blower, 1615
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That the Catholic Church is only the Congregation of the elect; they did so agree in uniform faith, that whatsoever one did hold, all did maintain.
That the Catholicke Church is only the Congregation of the elect; they did so agree in vniforme faith, that whatsoeuer one did hold, all did maintaine.
William White, being a follower of John Wycliffe, yet laboured continually, unto the glory of his spout Christ, by reading, writing, and preaching. The principal points of his Doctrine were these which he was forced to recant at Canterbury.
William White, being a follower of Iohn Wickliffe, yet laboured continually, vnto the glory of his spoute Christ, by reading, writing, and preaching. The principall points of his Doctrine were these which he was forced to recant at Canterbury.
That men should seek for forgiveness of sins only at Gods hands, that the wicked living of the Pope, and his holiness, is nothing else but a devilish estate, and heavy yoke of Antichrist: therefore an enemy to Christs truth, that men ought not to worship Images or other Idolatrous paintings, nor the holy men which are dead. That the Romish Church is the figtree that Christ cursed, because it brought forth no fruit of the true belief. That such as wear Cowls, or are anointed, and shorne, are the Lance-knights, and soldiers of Lucifer, and that all of them, because their lamps are not burning, shall be shut out when the Lord Christ shall come: after his said recantation he was much more stronger in Christ, and confessed his error and offence, and busying himself in preaching and converting the people to the doctrine of Christ in Norfolk, he was apprehended by virtue of the Kings letters aforesaid, and brought before the Bishop of Norwich, by whom he was contemned of 30. Articles and burned the said year in Norwich, who was of so devout and holy life that all the people had him in great reverence. One Margery wright confessed, if any Saints were to be prayed unto, she would rather pray unto him then any other, when he was come to the stake, thinking to open his mouth to exhort the people, one of the Bishops servants struck him in the mouth. Thus he received the Crown of Martyrdom, to the grief of all good men in Norfolk; his wife following his steps, by er teaching, confirmed many in the trueth. Wherefore she suffered much trouble and punishment that year. By the said Bishop the same year