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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.
This was my belief which I wrote to the Council, that the Sacramental bread was left us to be received with thanksgiving in the remembrance of his death, the only remedy of our so•les recovery, and thereby we also receive the whole benefit of his passion, then they would needs know whether the bread in the box were God or no, I said God is a spirit and will be worshipped in spirit and truth, then they said, will you plainly deny Christ to be in the Sacrament? I answered I believe the eternal son of God, not to dwell there, in witness whereof I recited again the history of Bell and the 7. and 17. of the Acts and the 24 of Matthew concluding I neither wish death nor fear it, God have the praise thereof with thanks, then she wr•te to the Lord Chancellor and the King but it prevailed not.
This was my beléefe which I wrote to the Councell, that the Sacramentall bread was left vs to bee receaued with thanksegiuing in the remembrance of his death, the onely remedy of our so•les recouery, and thereby we also receaue the whole benefit of his passion, then they would needs know whether the bread in the boxe were God or no, I sayd God is a spirit and will bee worshipped in spirit and truth, then they sayd, will you plainely deny Christ to bee in the Sacrament? I answered I beléeue the eternall sonne of God, not to dwell there, in witnes whereof I recited againe the history of Bell and the 7. and 17. of the Acts and the 24 of Mathew concluding I neither wish death nor feare it, God haue the praise thereof with thankes, then she wr•te to the Lord Chancelour and the King but it preuayled not.
After she was sent from Newgate to the Tower, then Master Rich and one of the Council charged me upon mine obedience, to show unto them if I knew any of my Sect, I answered I knew none, they asked me of my Lady Suffolk, my Lady Sussex, my Lady Hereford, my Lady Denny, and my Lady Fitzrallins. I said if I should pronounce any thing against them I am not able to prove it, they said the King was informed I could name if I would a great number of my sect, I said the King was as well deceived in that behalf as dissembled with in other matters.