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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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Reynold Peacock, 1Bishop of Chichester, was for his godliness and profession of the Gospel afflicted and tormented, and made to recant, and after put to death in prison: he was brought before Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth, in which Convocation the Duke of Buckingham was present: whereas besides many other Articles, the presence of bread in the Sacrament was laid unto Pecock; insomuch that the Sacrament, the knot of amity, ordained by Christ, to the great comfort of the Church, through the envy of Satan, it turned into a matter of most grievous discord, that no matter hath continued so many years more pernicious to mans salvation: He declared many things worthy of a good Divine: they laboured for their dignity and gain, and so much the more earnestly, because they had gotten an Adversary, whose authority the higher it was in the Church, i• would bring the greater ruin of their tyranny and estimation among the people. First, the matter was attempted by private Colloquies; after by a terrible Judgement, threatening present death, with threatening exhortations, mingled with flattering promises, granting him further time to consult, that the delay of death might make his life the sweeter: They gave him hope of his life and Dignity if he would recant, till at length his mind began to quail: by and by a recantation was made by the Bishops, the effect whereof followeth. Which when he declared unto the people, he did so pronounce that he was carried again to prison, from whence he could not be delivered but by death: The Articles that were mentioned in the Recantation to be recanted were, that first it is not necessary to believe that CHRIST after his death descended into Hell, that it is not necessary to Salvation to believe in the Catholic Church, nor to believe the Communion of Saints, neither the body material in the Sacrament: and that the universal Church may e•re in matters pertaining unto Faith; and that it is not necessary to salvation to believe the general Council.
Reynold Peacock, 1Bishop of Chichester, was for his godlinesse and profession of the Gospell afflicted and tormented, and made to recant, and after put to death in prison: he was brought before Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth, in which Conuocation the Duke of Buckingham was present: whereas besides many other Articles, the presence of bread in the Sacrament was laid vnto Pecock; insomuch that the Sacrament, the knot of amitie, ordained by Christ, to the great comfort of the Church, through the enuy of Sathan, it turned into a matter of most greeuous discord, that no matter hath continued so many yeares more pernitious to mans saluation: Hee declared many things worthy of a good Diuine: they laboured for their dignitie and gaine, and so much the more earnestly, because they had gotten an Aduersarie, whose authoritie the higher it was in the Church, i would bring the greater ruine of their tyranny and estimation among the people. First, the matter was attempted by priuate Coloquies; after by a terrible Iudgement, threatning present death, with threatning exhortations, mingled with flattering promises, granting him further time to consult, that the delay of death might make his life the sweeter: They gaue him hope of his life and Dignitie if hee would recant, till at length his minde began to quaile: by and by a recantation was made by the Bishoppes, the effect whereof followeth. Which when he declared vnto the people, hee did so pronounce that hee was carried againe to prison, from whence hee could not bee deliuered but by death: The Articles that were mentioned in the Recantation to bee recanted were, that first it is not necessarie to beleeue that CHRIST after his death descended into Hell, that it is not necessarie to Saluation to beleeue in the Catholicke Church, nor to beleeue the Communion of Saints, neither the body materiall in the Sacrament: and that the vniuersall Church may ere in matters pertaining vnto Faith; and that it is not necessarie to saluation to beleeue the generall Councell.