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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
John Skilley of Flixton Miller, was forced to abjure, for holding the Articles aforesaid, and for receiving certain godly men into his house, had a most sharp penance▪ seven years imprisonment in the Monastery of Langly. and to fast with bread & water, every Friday, and to appear every Wednesday in the beginning of Lent, and every Monday, and Thursday for two years after the seven years, before the Bishop, his successor, and Commissary in the Cathedral Church of Norwich, together with other penitentiaries, to do open penance for his offence, diverse others the same year were forced to abjuration and penance.
Iohn Skilley of Flixton Miller, was forced to abiure, for holding the Articles aforesaid, and for receiuing certaine godly men into his house, had a most sharpe penance▪ seauen yeares imprisonment in the Monastery of Langly. and to fast with bread & water, euery Friday, and to appeare euery Wednesday in the beginning of Lent, and euery Munday, and Thursday for two yeares after the seauen yeares, before the Bishop, his successor, and Commissary in the Cathedrall Church of Norwich, together with other penit•ntiaries, to doe open penance for his offence, diuerse others the same yeare were forced to abiuration and penance.
In this next year,1 in the same Register, were sixteen, or seventeen, that were examined, and did penance likewise, amongst whom was John Baker, otherwise called Usher Tunstall, who for having a book with the Pater noster, Ave, and Creed in English, and for other Articles of Fasting, Confession, and invocation, was constrained to abjure, and do such penance as others did before him.
In this next yeare,1 in the same Register, were sixteene, or seauenteene, that were examined, and did penance likewise, amongst whom was Iohn Baker, otherwise called Vsher Tunstall, who for hauing a booke with the Pater noster, Aue, and Creede in English, and for other Articles of Fasting, Confession, and inuocation, was constrained to abiure, and doe such penance as others did before him.