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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
Book 11 › The history of Judge Hales.Book 11 › The historie of Iudge Hales.
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.
Ah Sir, said the Chancellor, you be very quick and stout in your answers, it seemeth that which you did was more of will, favouring your opinion of Religion against the service now used, then for any occasion of zeal of justice, seeing her Highness doth set it forth as yet, but wishing all her subjects to embrace it accordingly.
Ah Sir, said the Chancellor, you be very quicke and stoute in your answers, it seemeth that which you did was more of will, fauouring your opinion of Religion against the seruice now vsed, then for any occasion of zeale of iustice, seeing her Highnesse doth set it forth as yet, but withing all her subiects to imbrace it accordingly.
My Lord, quoth Hales, I do but show my self as I am bound in love to God and obedience to the Queens Majesty, in whose cause willingly for justice sake, I did of late, as your Lordship knoweth, adventure as much as I had: and as for my religion, I trust it is such as pleaseth God, wherein I am ready to adventure both my life and substance, if I be called thereto; and for lack of mine own power and will, the Lords will be fulfilled.
My Lord, quoth Hales, I doe but shew my selfe as I am bound in loue to God and obedience to the Quéenes Maiestie, in whose cause willingly for iustice sake, I did of late, as your Lordship knoweth, aduenture as much as I had: and as for my religion, I trust it is such as pleaseth God, wherein I am ready to aduenture both my life and substance, if I be called thereto; and for lack of mine owne power and will, the Lords will be fulfilled.
Shortly after he was committed unto the Kings Bench, then he was committed to the Counter in Bread Street, and from thence he was conveyed to the Fleet, where he endured most constantly for the space of three weeks: and when thus in divers prisons being tossed and wearied, he could in no wise be subdued, there was in the prison where he was a Gentleman of Hampshire called Foster, who, ing suborned by the Bishops, used all kind of persuasions whereby he might draw him from the truth, which at length he brought to pass; then next morning early the Bishop of Chichester came to him into the prison, to comfort him therein, and after Judge Portman came to him: but as soon as he had yielded to them he rew into such an extreme desperation by the worm of his conscience, that he eat little meat that night. When supper was done he gate him straight to bed, where he passed the night with much anxiety of mind: about six of the clock in the morning he sent his man for a cup of beer; his man was no sooner gone but with a pen-knife he wounded himself in divers places, and would have killed himself, but that his man meeting the Butler at the chamber door, returned presently into the chamber, and let his Master from destroying himself.