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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
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After he was brought with Bishop Farrar as aforesaid, before the Lord Chancellor, and the Queens Commissioners: after the Lord Chancellor had laid unto his charge the aforesaid sedition at Pauls, and Boner had bore witness against him, and Bradford had showed his innocency, and affirmed that notwithstanding Boners seeing and saying, yet the truth I have told, as at the day of Judgement will appear, in the mean time because I cannot be believed, I am ready to suffer what God will licence you to do to me.
After he was brought with Bishop Farrax as a•oresaid, before the Lord Chancellor, and the Queenes Commissioners: after the Lord Chancellor had laid vnto his charge the aforesaid sedition at Paules, and Boner had bore witnes against him, and Bradford had shewed his innocency, and affirmed that notwithstanding Boners seeing and saying, yet the truth I haue told, as at the day of Iudgement wi•l appeare, in the meane time because I cannot be beleeued, I am ready to suffer what God will licence you to doe to me.
Chan. To leave this matter, wilt thou return again, and do as we have done, and thou shalt receive the Queens mercy and pardon.
Chan. To leaue this matter, wilt thou returne againe, and doe as wee haue done, and thou shalt receiue the Queenes mercy and pardon.
Brad. My Lord, I desire mercy with Gods mercy, but mercy with Gods wrath God keep me from: Well said he, if thou wilt not receive mercy offered unto thee, know for a truth, that the Queen is minded to make a purgation of all such as thou art. Bradford answered, I would be glad of the Queens mercy, to live as a subject without a clog of Conscience, otherwise the Lords mercy is better to me then life, and I commit my life into his hands that will keep it, that none can take it away without his pleasure: There are twelve hours in the day as long as they last no man shall have power thereon; therefore his good will be done: Life in his displeasure is worse then death, and death in his true favour is true life.