A07225:1954
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.
First, whether he believe the marriage of Priests to be lawful by the law of God and holy Church.
First, whether he beleeue the marriage of Priests to be lawfull by the lawe of God and holy Church.
Secondly, whether he believed the very body and blood of Christ is really and substantially in the Sacrament, without the substance of bread and wine. Bishop Farrar would not answer, until he saw a lawful Commission, so he was committed again: then he was called again after, and would answer no otherwise then as before; whereupon he was pronounced Contu•nax, and for punishment thereof, to be counted Pro confesso, and committed him again. The next day of appearance, the said Bishop Farrar craved time to answer, and at the time did answer.
Secondly, whether hee beleeued the very body and blood of Christ is really and substantially in the Sacrament, without the substance of bread and wine. Bishop Farrar would not answer, vntill he saw a lawfull Commission, so he was committed againe: then he was called againe after, and would answer no otherwise then as before; whereupon he was pronounced Contu•nax, and for punishment thereof, to be counted Pro confesso, and committed him againe. The next day of appearance, the said Bishop Farrar craued time to answere, and at the time did answer.
Then the foresaid pretensed Bishop, gave him a writing of certain Articles to subscribe unto: adding to the Articles before, that the Mass was a propitiatory Sacrifice for the quick and the dead, and that the general Councils never erred, neither […] err: that a man is not justified by Faith only, but by Charity also; and that the Catholic Church only hath authority of interpreting of the Scriptures, and to compound Controversies, and also to appoint such things as appertain to public discipline, and that the Church is visible, as a city