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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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Henry Voz and John Escy, two young Austen Fryers,1 were degraded, because they would not deny the doctrine of the Gospel, called Lutheranism, & they thanked God for delivering them from that abominable priesthood, and making them Priests of his holy order, and that he had received them as a sacrifice of a sweet odour. The greatest error they were accused of, was, that men ought only to trust in God, because men are Liars. They went joyfully to the place of execution, protesting they died for the glory of God, and the Gospel, believing in the Son of God, saying; This is the day we long desired, being in their shirts, they joyfully embraced the stake, praising God, singing Psalms, and making testimony of their Faith. A Doctor seeing their jollity, bid them take heed so foolishly to glorify themselves: they answered, God forbid we should glory in any thing but the Cross of Christ: Another counselled them to have God before their eyes; they answered, We trust we carry him truly in our hearts. When the fire was kindled at their feet, one of them said; me thinks you ⟨p. 162⟩strew Roses at my feet▪ Henry being demanded whether Luther had seduced him? Yea said he, as Christ seduced his Apostles. He said also, that it was contrary to Gods Law, that the Clergy should be exempt from the jurisdiction of the Christian Magistrate, and that Bishops have no power but only to preach the word of God. They were burned at Brussels, after their death their Monastery was dissolved at Antwerp. Their President was called Jacobus Lutherianus, he was forced to recant, but his mind renewed by the holy Ghost, and he fled to Luther.
Henry Voz and Iohn Escy, two yong Austen Fryers,1 were disgraded, because they would not deny the doctrin of the Gospel, called Lutheranisme, & they thanked God for deliuering them from that abhominable priesthood, and making them Priests of his holy order, and that he had receiued them as a sacrifice of a sweet odor. The greatest error they were accused of, was, that men ought only to trust in God, because mē are Lyers. They went ioyfully to the place of execution, protesting they died for the glory of God, and the Gospell, beleeuing in the Sonne of God, saying; This is the day we long desired, being in their shirts, they ioyfully imbrased the stake, praysing God, singing Psalmes, and making testimony of their Faith. A Doctor seeing their iolity, bid them take heed so foolishly to glorifie themselues: they answered, God forbid we should glory in any thing but the Crosse of Christ: Another councelled them to haue God before their eies; they answered, We trust we carry him truly in our hearts. When the fire was kindled at their feete, one of them said; me thinkes you