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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.
JOHN HUN.
IOHN HVNNE.
IN the first year of the Kings raig•e one Master Lewnax of Wresell and his wife, sent this John Hun their servant, unto the Bishop of Canterbury for denying the flesh and blood of Christ to be really in the Sacrament of the Altar, and saying he would never veil his Hat to it if he should be burned for it: and that if he should hear mass he should be damned. But because I find nothing done therein, I leave it.
IN the first yeare of the Kings raig•e one Master Lewnax of Wresell and his wife, sent this Iohn Hunne their seruant, vnto the Bishop of Canterbury for denying the flesh and bloud of Christ to be really in the Sacrament of the Altar, and saying he would neuer vaile his Hatte to it if he should be burned for it: and that if he should heare masse he should be damned. But because I finde nothing done therein, I leaue it.
When this godly young Prince was peaceably established in his Kingdom, and had a godly, wise, and zealous Council about him, especially the Duke of Somerset, he earnestly desired the advancement of the true honour of God, and planting of sincere Religion, and the suppressing of all Idolatry, Superstition, and hypocrisy throughout his Dominions: Following the good example of the good King Josiah, and being he found most of his Laws repugnant to his zealous enterprise: He by the advice of his wise and Honourable Council, of his own regal authority, did prosecute his godly purpose, until by consent of the whole estate of Parliament he might establish, a more free and uniform order, and those certain wie, learned, and discreet personages for Commissioners, generally to visit all the Bishoprics of this Realm, to understand and redress the abuses of the same: and divided them into several companies, and assigned them several Dioceses to be visited, appointing to every company, one or two godly Preachers which should preach to the people at every Sessions, the true Doctrine of the Gospel of Christ, and exhort them to all love and obedience of the same: and earnestly dehort them from their old superstition, and wonted Idolatry: and that they might the more orderly be directed in this their Commission, there were delivered unto them certain injunctions, and Ecclesiastical orders drawn out by the Kings learned Council, the which they should both inquire of, and also command in his Majesties behalf, to be thenceforth observed of every person to whom they did severally appertain within their several circuits: the which Injunctions if thou beest disposed for to read, I leave thee for brevity to the Book at large.