A07225:1801
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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Bishop RIDLEY his report.
Never did I see a thing done more vainly and contumeliously then the disputations with me in the Schools in Oxford: I thought it had not been possible to have been found amongst men of learning and knowledge, any so brazen faced and shameless, so disorderly and vainly to behave themselves, more like to Stage-players then Divines. The Sorbonical clamours, which in times past I have seen in Paris, when Popery most reigned, might be thought modesty in respect of them, yea, and the chiefest did as it were blow the Trump unto the rest, to rail, roar, rage and cry out, whereby it appeareth they never sought for the verity but for their own glory and bragging victory. Much time appointed for Disputations, was vainly consumed in opprobrious checks, taunts, hissings, and clapping of hands. Whensoever I would make an end of my probations, they would ever cry out Blasphemies, blasphemies. I never heard or read the like, but by Demetrius the Silver-smith, and them of his occupation, crying but against Paul, Great is Diana of the Ephesians: and except it be a disputation of the Arians against the Orthodoxes, where it is said that such as the Presidents of the disputations were, such were the rest, all were in a hurly-burly; and the Arians cast out such great slanders, that nothing could quietly be heard; and he concludes, thus ended this glorious disputation of the Sacrificers, Doctors, and Masters, which fought manfully for their God and goods, their faith and felicity, country and Kitchen, and for their beauty and belly, with triumphant applauses and favour of the whole University.
NEuer did I see a thing done more vainly and contumeliously then the disputations with me in the Schooles in Oxford: I thought it had not been possible to haue béen found amongst men of learning and knowledge, any so brazen faced and shamelesse, so disorderly and vainely to behaue themselues, more like to Stage-players then Diuines. The Sorbonicall clamours, which in times past I haue séene in Paris, when Poperie most raigned, might be thought modestie in respect of them, yea, and the chiefest did as it were blow the Trumpe vnto the rest, to rayle, rore, rage and crie out, whereby it appeareth they neuer sought for the veritie but for their owne glorie and bragging victorie. Much time appointed for Disputations, was vainly consumed in opprobrious checks, taunts, hissings, and clapping of hands. Whensoeuer I would make an end of my probations, they would euer crie out Blasphemies, blasphemies. I neuer heard or read the like, but by Demetrius the Siluer-smith, and them of his occupation, crying but against Paule, Great is Diana of the Ephesians: and except it be a disputation of the Arrians against the Orthodoxes, where it is said that such as the Presidents of the disputations were, such were the rest, all were in a hurly-burly; and the Arrians cast out such great slanders, that nothing could quietly be heard; and he concludes, thus ended this glorious disputation of the Sacrificers, Doctors, and Masters, which fought manfully for their God and goods, their faith and felicitie, countrey and Kitchin, and for their beautie and bellie, with triumphant applauses and fauour of the whole Uniuersitie.