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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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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.
Then there came a commission to the Lord Deputy, the Commissary, and others, to search whether there were three Hosts lying vpon a Marble stone besprinkled with bloud, as was put in writing vnder a Bull and Pardon; and that ⟨p. 205⟩if they found it not so, that immediatly it should be pulled downe, and so it was; for they breaking vp a stone in the corner of the Tombe, in stead of three Hosts found souldred in the Crosse of Marble lying vnder the Sepulchre, three plaine Counters, which they had pointed like vnto Hosts: and aboue that was the tippe of a Sheeps tayle, which Damlip shewed to the people the next day, which was Sonday, out of the Pulpit. And after they were sent by the Lord Deputie to the King. Then the Prior of the white Friers, and one of the Lord Lisle his Chaplains, contradicted his Sermons, and caused him to be sent for to Cranmer and Steuen Gardiner, and others, before whome hee did so constantly defend the doctrine which he had taught, that Cranmer being yet but a Lutheran, maruelled excéedingly at it, and said, that the Scripture knew no such terme of transubstantiation. Then the other Bishops threatned him, to whom he promised, the next day to deliuer them all in writing which he had formerly preached in Callice. In the meane time he had secret intimation giuen him by Cranmer, that if hee 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 countrey.