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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 Sudphen, 1was desired of the Citizens of Breame, to come thither to preach: when they had heard him, they hired him to be their Preacher: when the religious rout understood thereof, they desired of the Senate that such an Heretic might be banished the Town, which preached against the Catholic Church. The Senate sent for the head men of the Parish, and showed them the complaint of the religious men. They answered; They knew no other but that he was a learned honest Preacher: yet if they can prove that he taught any thing contrary to the Word of God, they will be ready with them to persecute him, otherwise we will not suffer him of malice to be driven away. The Senate certified the religio•s of this answer, then they certified the Bishop thereof, who sent two of his Council to Breame for the Preacher: they received this answer of the Senators; That being he was hired of the Church-wardens, and was not convicted of Heresy, they could not obtain of the Citizens that he should be carried away. Wherefore they desired the Bishop, that he would send his learned men to dispute with him, and if he were convinced he should be punished, else he• should not depart. After when news came that he preached more and more heinous ma•ter against the religious. Then they admonished the Citizens of Br•ame, into what jeopardy their Common-wealth ⟨p. 163⟩might fall by their Preachers preaching, contrary to the decrees of the Pope and Emperor. Further, they said, the Preacher was the Prisoner of the Lady Margaret, and got Letters of her to require her Prisoner, but all would not serve. Then the Bishop decreed a provincial council to be holden at Bream•, which was accustomed to be at Bucksted, whereunto this Henry was called, but the Citizens detained him at home: Then Henry gathered a sum of his Doctrine into a few Articles, and sent it with his Letters unto the Archbishop, offering if he were convicted of any error by the Word of God, he would be ready to recant. But shortly after the religious set upon the Church-porch the Bull of Pope Leo the tenth, and the Decree of the Emperor, made at Worms, notwithstanding, he proceeded daily in preaching the Gospel.