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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
Book 6 › The Martyrdom of John Frith.Book 6 › The Martirdome of Iohn Frith.
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.
Touching purgatory, they asked whether I believed that there was any place to purge the spots of the dead after this life: I denied there was any, because the nature of man consisteth but of two parts, the body and mind: one Christ purgeth in this world by laying afflictions upon us, and death the reward of sin is laid upon it, but our souls are purged with the word of God, which we drink in through Faith, to the salvation both of body and soul: If you will show a third part of man, I will grant you a third place, which you call Purgatory, otherwise I must deny unto you the Bishops shop of Purgatory.
Touching purgatory, they asked whether I beleeued that there was any place to purg• the spots of the dead after this life: I denied there was any, because the nature of man consisteth but of two parts, the body and mind: one Christ purgeth in this world by laying afflictions vpon vs, and death the reward of sinne is laid vpon it, but our soules are purged with the word of God, which we drinke in through Faith, to the saluation both of body and soule: If you will shew a third part of man, I will grant you a third place, which you call Purgatory, otherwise I must deny vnto you the Bishops shop of Purgatory.
Secondly, it was required of me, whether the very body of Christ were in the Sacrament of the Altar.
I answered, it is both Christs body & ours, for as of many corns is made one loaf, so we being divers, are but one body in Christ, therein it signifieth our body: so of the Wine that is made of many clusters, one liquor.
I answered, it is both Christs body & ours, for as of many corns is made one loafe, so we being diuers, are but one body in Christ, therein it signifieth our body: so of the Wine that is made of many clusters, one liquor.