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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.
Another Parliament was assembled in the second year of his Reign, beginning upon the forth day of November 1548. continuing until the 14. day of March, wherein a book in English entitled the Book of Common prayer and administration of the Sacraments and other Rights and Ceremonies of the Church, after the use of the Church of England, was concluded upon by the Clergy, which his highness receiving with great comfort, did exhibi•• it unto the Lords and Commons of the Parliament, who for the honour of God and great quietness which by the grace of God should ensue upon that one uniform right and order in such Common prayer, rites and extern Ceremonies to be used throughout England, Wales, Calais and the Marches of the same, authorise• the said Book by Act of Parliament, and set great penalty upon them that wo•ld be disobedient thereto, as is to be seen in the book at large.
Another Parliament was assembled in the second yeare of his Raigne, beginning vppon the foorth day of Nouember 1548. continuing vntill the 14. day of March, wherein a booke in English intituled the Booke of Common prayer and administration of the Sacraments and other Rightes and Ceremonies of the Church, after the vse of the Church of England, was concluded vppon by the Clergy, which his highnesse receauing with great comfort, did exhibi•• it vnto the Lords and Commons of the Parliament, who for the honour of God and great quietnesse which by the grace of God should ensue vppon that one vniforme right and order in such Common prayer, rites and externe Ceremonies to bee vsed throughout England, Wales, Calice and the Marches of the same, authorise• the sayd Booke by Act of Parliament, and set great penalty vpon them that wo•ld bee disobe•ient thereto, as is to be seene in the booke at large.
Also the marriage of Priests was authorized by the said Parliament by these proceedings, and the Injunctions, which thou mayest see in the book at large: thou mayest well perceive the great zeal of the King and the Lord Protector, in reformation of true Religion, and also the lingering slackness on the other side of others, especially of the Bishops and old Popish Curates, by whose cloaked contempt and wilful winking, the Book of Common prayers was long after the publishing thereof very irreverently used throughout many places of this Realm, which when the King by divers complaints understood, he wrote speedily to all the Bishop of the Realm for the speedy redress thereof: and because Bonner was one of the backwardest, he was peremptorily admonished under pain of deprivation to preach the next Sunday three weeks after the date there of at Pauls Cross, none but such Doctrine as was appointed him in the said Iniuntion, and should preach the same Doctrines every quarter of a year yearly, f sickness or some reasonable cause did not let.