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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.
THOMAS WATTS.
THOMAS WATS.
HE was of Billerica in Essex, being brought to the Bishop of London▪ he put certain Articles to him: The effect of the answer whereof followeth.
HE was of Billerica in Essex, beeing brought to the Bishop of London▪ hee put certaine Articles to him: The effect of the answere whereof followeth.
That he hath and doth believe that Christs body is in heaven, and no where else: and that he will never believe that Christs body is in the Sacrament, and that the Mass is full of Idolatry and abomination, never instituted by Christ, and that he never did nor doth believe that a Priest can absolve him of his sins: but he believeth it is good to ask counsel at the Priests mouth: and he confessed that he said openly in the sessions, that all that is now used and done in the church is abominable, heretical, and schismatical, and altogether naught.
That he hath and doth beleeue that Christs body is in heauen, and no where else: and that hee will neuer beleeue that Christs body is in the Sacrament, and that the Masse is full of Idolatry and abhomination, neuer instituted by Christ, and that he neuer did nor doth beleeue that a Priest can absolue him of his sinnes: but he beleeueth it is good to aske councell at the Priests mouth: and he confessed that he said openly in the sessions, that all that is now vsed and done in the church is abhominable, hereticall, and scismaticall, and altogether naught.