A07225:1939
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 he said, my dear Wife, be steadfast in the •eare and love of God, be not defiled with Popish Idolatries: we have been faithful yoke-fellows together, the Lord will reward you for your faithfulness towards me, I now must be taken from you; and I would advise you to marry with some honest man that feareth GOD, he will provide such a one for you, and he will be a merciful Father to you, and your Children, whom I pray bring up in the fear of God and learning, and keep them from Romish Idolatry, then with weeping fears they prayed together, and kissed each other.
Then he said, my deare Wife, be steadfast in the •eare and loue of God, be not defiled with Popish Idolatries: wee haue béene faithfull yoke-fellowes together, the Lord will reward you for your faithfulnesse towards me, I now must be taken from you; and I would aduise you to marrie with some honest man that feareth GOD, he will prouide such a one for you, and he will bee a mercifull Father to you, and your Children, whom I pray bring vp in the feare of God and learning, and kéep them from Romish Idolatry, then with wéeping feares they prayed together, and kissed each other.
The next day he was carried away towards Hadley, to be burned there, divers Gentlemen and Justices came to him there, who laboured him to return unto the Romish Religion, showed him his pardon and promised him great promotions, yea a Bishopric if he would, but all was vain, for he had not builded his Rock upon the sands, in peril of every wind, but on the sure Rock Christ. When he went through Hadley to execution, the streets being full, they cried out with ⟨p. 256⟩lamentable voices: Ah good Lord, there goeth our Shepherd from us, that hath so faithfully taught us, so fatherly cared for us, and so godly governed us, what shall we poor scattered Lambs do? What shall become of this wicked world? good Lord comfort him: wherefore the people were fore rebuked, and Doctor Taylor ever said to the people; I have preached unto you Gods word and truth, and am come this day to seal it with my blood.