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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
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.
Bonner. Would you have no body pray for you when you are dead? I said, so long as we are alive the prayers of the righteous are a•ailable; but when we are dead they profit not▪ for David faith, No man can deliver his brother from death: and Ezekiel •aith, Though Noah, Daniel, and Job dwelt amongst them, yet can they exceed no further then them selves. Then he said to Harpsfield, you see this man hath no need of our Lady, nor of any blessed Saints.
Bonner. Would you haue no body pray for you when you are dead? I said, so long as we are aliue the prayers of the righteous are a•ailable; but when we are dead they profit not▪ for Dauid faith, No man can deliuer his brother from death: and Ezechiel •aith, Though Noe, Daniel, and Iob dwelt amongst them, yet can they exceed no further then them selues. Then he said to Harpsfield, you sée this man hath no need of our Lady, nor of any blessed Saints.
An old Bishop that lost his living for •arrying a wi•e, came to Bonner with a gift, and he sent for me, and told him how that I had a child and would not ha•e it christened. I said I de•ie not baptism. Then he said angerly, Thou •oole, thou cann•st not tell what thou wouldst have. I said a Bishop must be […] not given to anger. Thou judgest me angry, […] by my faith I am not. Then said the old Bishop, Alas y•ng man, you must be taught by the Church, and by your ancients, and do as your fathers have done.