A07225:1907
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.
There was in the town of Hadley one Alcocke, who after Richard Yeoman was driven away used daily to read a Chapter out of the Bible, and to say the English Litany in Hadley Church, they sent him up to London, and there he died being in prison in Newgate.
There was in the towne of Hadley one Alcocke, who after Richard Yeoman was driuen away vsed dayly to reade a Chapter out of the Bible, and to say the English Letany in Hadley Church, they sent him vp to London, and there he died being in prison in Newgate.
When Gardiner saw Doctor Taylor, according to his custom, he called him knave, traitor, heretic, with many villainous reproaches.
When Gardiner saw Doctor Taylor, according to his custome, hee called him knaue, traytor, hereticke, with many villanous reproches.
My Lord, quoth he, I am neither Traitor nor Heretic, but a true Subject and faithful Christian: My Lord, you are but a Mortal man, I trow, if I should be afraid of your Lordly looks. Why fear you not God? How dare you look any Christian man in the face, seeing you have forsaken the truth, denied Christ and his word, contrary to your own oath and writing? With what countenance will you appear before the Judgement seat of Christ, to answer your oaths to Henry the eight, and Edward the sixth.
My Lord, quoth he, I am neither Traytor nor Hereticke, but a true Subiect and faithfull Christian: My Lord, you are but a Mortall man, I trow, if I should be affraid of your Lordly looks. Why feare you not God? How dare you look any Christian man in the face, séeing you haue forsaken the truth, denyed Christ and his word, contrary to your owne oath and writing? With what countenance will you appeare before the Iudgement seat of Christ, to answere your oaths to Henrie the eight, and Edward the sixt.