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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.
When he had preached three or four times he was well liked, so that they hired him to preach there; and twenty days or more, every morning at seven of the clock, he preached learnedly and plainly the truth of the blessed Sacrament of Christs body and blood, mightily inveighing against all Papistry, but especially against transubstantiation & the propitiatory sacrifice of the mass, declaring how popish himself was, and how by the detestable wickedness that he did see universally in Rome, he was returned and become an enemy to all Papistry. He came at last to speak against the Pageant or picture set forth of the resurrection, in Saint Nicholas his Church, that it was mere Idolatry and illusion of the French-men before Calais was English.
When he had preached three or foure times he was wel liked, so that they hyred him to preach there; and twenty dayes or more, euery morning at seuen of the clocke, he preached learnedly and plainely the truth of the blessed Sacrament of Christs body and bloud, mightily inueighing against all Papistrie, but especially against transubstantiation & the propitiatorie sacrifice of the masse, declaring how popish himselfe was, and how by the detestable wickednesse that he did see vniuersally in Rome, he was returned and become an enemie to all Papistre. He came at last to speake against the Pageant or picture set forth of the resurrection, in Saint Nicholas his Church, that it was meere Idolatrie and illusion of the French-men before Callice was English.
Then there came a commission to the Lord Deputy, the Commissary, and others, to search whether there were three Hosts lying upon a Marble stone besprinkled with blood, as was put in writing under a Bull and Pardon; and that ⟨p. 205⟩if they found it not so, that immediately it should be pulled down, and so it was; for they breaking up a stone in the corner of the Tomb, in stead of three Hosts found soldered in the Cross of Marble lying under the Sepulchre, three plain Counters, which they had pointed like unto Hosts: and above that was the tip of a Sheeps tail, which Damlip showed to the people the next day, which was Sunday, out of the Pulpit. And after they were sent by the Lord Deputy to the King. Then the Prior of the white Friars, and one of the Lord Lisle his Chaplains, contradicted his Sermons, and caused him to be sent for to Cranmer and Steven Gardiner, and others, before whom he did so constantly defend the doctrine which he had taught, that Cranmer being yet but a Lutheran, marvelled exceedingly at it, and said, that the Scripture knew no such term of transubstantiation. Then the other Bishops threatened him, to whom he promised, the next day to deliver them all in writing which he had formerly preached in Calais. In the mean time he had secret intimation given him by Cranmer, that if he appeared the next day, he should be sure to be committed: whereupon he sent them his Faith with the arguments thereupon in writing, and he went aside into the West country.