A07225:1942
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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They had clipped his head ill-favouredly, like a Fools head, by Boners persuasions, when he was degraded: when he came there, all the people said; God save thee good Master Doctor Taylor, Jesus strengthen you, the Holy Ghost comfort you. When he would have spoken unto the people, one or other thrust a tipstaff in his month: then he desired license of the Sheriff to speak, but he denied him, and had him remember his promise made unto the Council. It was a common fame, that the Council sent for such as were condemned, and threatened them they would cut their tongues out, except they would promise them, at their deaths to keep silence, and not to speak unto the people.
They had clipped his head ill-fauoredly, like a Fooles head, by Bonners perswasions, when he was disgraded: when he came there, all the people said; God saue thée good Maister Doctor Taylor, Iesus strengthen you, the Holy Ghost comfort you. When he would haue spoken vnto the people, one or other thrust a tipstaffe in his month: then he desired license of the Sheriffe to speake, but he denied him, and had him remember his promise made vnto the Councell. It was a common fame, that the Councell sent for such as were condemned, and threatned them they would cut their tongues out, except they would promise them, at their deathes to kéepe silence, and not to speake vnto the people.
When he was in his Shirt, he was set in a Pitch Barrel to be burned, then he said with a loud voice; Good people, I have taught you nothing but GODS Word, and those Lessons which I have taken out of GODS blessed Book, I am therefore come hither this day to seal it with my blood, then one Homes, a Yeoman of the Guard, who had used him very cruelly all the way, gave him a great stroke on the head.
When he was in his Shirt, hee was set in a Pitch Barrell to bee burned, then he said with a loud voyce; Good people, I haue taught you nothing but GODS Word, and those Lessons which I haue taken out of GODS blessed Booke, I am therefore come hither this day to seale it with my blood, then one Homes, a Yeoman of the Gard, who had vsed him verie cruelly all the way, gaue him a great stroke on the head.