A07225:1673
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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When he was brought before the King: he demanded what country man he was, and how he durst work such a contumacy against his Majesty, and the Sacraments of the Church: He answered he was an English man, by birth and Religion, and am come hither for traffic of Merchandise, and when I saw in this famous assembly so great Idolatry committed, my conscience neither ought nor could any longer suffer, but must needs do that you have seen me do, which was not done for any contumacy of your Majesty, but of purpose, as before God I do confess to seek the salvation of this people: then understanding that king Edward had restored Religion in England, and thinking he had been set on by some others: they would know who set him on; He answered he was not moved thereto by any man, but by his own conscience, but that he owed this service first unto God, and secondly unto their salvation, and they ought to impute the act only to themselves, which so unreverently used the holy Supper of the Lord unto so great Idolatry, to the peril of their own souls, except they repented. He was like to faint with the abundance of blood that ran out of his wound, and Surgeons were sent to cure it, then all English-men were committed unto Prison, and one Pendigrace, because that he was his Bed-fellow, was grievously tormented and examined, and scarce delivered after two years imprisonment.
When he was brought before the King: he demanded what country man he was, and how hee durst worke such a contumacie against his Maiestie, and the Sacraments of the Church: Hee answered hee was an English man, by birth and Religion, and am come hither for traffick of Marchandize, and when I saw in this famous assembly so great Idolatry committed, my conscience neither ought nor could any longer suffer, but must needs doe that you haue séene me doe, which was not done for any contumacy of your Maiestie, but of purpose, as before God I do confesse to séek the saluation of this people: then vnderstanding that king Edward had restored Religion in England, and thinking he had beene set on by some others: they would know who set him on; He answered he was not mooued thereto by any man, but by his owne conscience, but that hee owed this seruice first vnto God, and secondly vnto their saluation, and they ought to impute the act onely to themselues, which so vnreuerently vsed the holy Supper of the Lord vnto so great Idolatry, to the perill of their owne soules, except they repented. He was like to faint with the aboundance of blood that ranne out of his wound, and Surgeons were sent to cure it, then all English-men were committed vnto Prison, and one Pendigrace, because that he was his Bed-fellow, was greeously tormented and examined, and scarse deliuered after two yeares imprisonment.