A07225:1885
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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Then the Bishop bade him write what he believed of transubstantiation, which he did, saying, My Lord, you seek my blood and you shall have it: I pray God you may be baptized in it, that you may after loath blood-sucking, and become a better man: this writing the Bishop kept to cut his throat with. Then the Bishop sent him to the Lord Chancellor, who kneeling before him, the Lord Chancellor said, How happeneth it that you have preached contrary to the Queens Proclamation? Saunders answered, as he was admonished by Ezekiel, because he saw perilous times at hand, he exhorted his parishioners to persevere in those things which they had learned, for by the example of the Apostles we must obey God before man: we do only profess the sincerity of the word, which although it be now forbidden us to preach with our mouths, yet our blood hereafter shall manifest the same. The Bishop said, carry away this frenzy fool to prison. Saunders answered he thanked God he had given him a place of rest, where he might pray for the Bishops conversion.
Then the Bishop bade him write what he beléeued of transubstantiation, which he did, saying, My Lord, you séeke my bloud and you shall haue it: I pray God you may be baptized in it, that you may after loath bloud-sucking, and become a better man: this writing the Bishop kept to cut his throate with. Then the Bishop sent him to the Lord Chancellor, who kneeling before him, the Lord Chancellor said, How happeneth it that you haue preached contrary to the Quéens Proclamation? Saunders answered, as he was admonished by Ezechiel, because he saw perrilous times at hand, he exhorted his parishioners to perseuer in those things which they had learned, for by the example of the Apostles we must obey God before man: we doe only professe the sinceritie of the word, which although it be now forbidden vs to preach with our mouthes, yet our bloud hereafter shall manifest the same. The Bishop said, carrie away this frensie foole to prison. Saunders answered hee thanked God he had giuen him a place of rest, where he might pray for the Bishops conuersion.
Saunders told one that lay with him in prison, that in the time of his examination he was wonderfully comforted, and received a taste of the communion of Saints: a pleasant refreshing did issue from every part of his body to his heart, and from thence into all parts again. He continued in prison a year and three months, and then he was sent for before the Lord Chancellor, who offered him his pardon if he would recant; which because he refused, he was condemned upon his opinion against the Sacrament, with his hand in writing unto Bonner, as before is related.