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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.
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.
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Another was Margery Ba•kster, wife of William Backster, against whom, one Joan Cliff and was compelled by the Bishop to depose. First, that she bad her take heed of swearing, else a Bee would sting her tongue, and venom her soul: and that she rebuked her for saying Pater nosters to the Crucifix, and Ave Maries to our Lady; saying, you will do ill in […], or praying to such Images, and that God will give no more reward for such prayers, then a kindle, put under the foot, will give light in the night, saying, that lewd wrights of stocks hew such Crosses and Images, and lewd Painters gleere them with colours, and opened her arms, and told her, this is the true Cross of Christ: And that she said, if every Sacrament were God and the very body of Christ, then 1000. Priests and more, do every day make a 1000. such Gods, and eat them, and void them out of their hinder parts, filthily stinking under every hedge, where you may find many such Gods. It shall never be my God, it was falsely and deceitfully ordained by the Priests, to induce simple people to Idolatry. for it is only material bread. And that Thomas of Canterbury, whom the people cal