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…

Bland was twice or thrice cast into Prison before for preaching the Gospel, and ⟨p. 280⟩was delivered at the suit of his friends, and yet preached the Gospel again as soon as ever he was delivered. His friends would again have delivered him, if he would have promised to abstain from preaching: he stood in it so earnestly, that he would admit no such condition, expressing the example of Saint Paul, Who shall separate us from the love of Christ, shall tribulation, or anguish, or hunger, or nakedness, or danger, or persecution, or the sword, &c.

Bland was twice or thrice cast into Prison before for preaching the Gospell, and ⟨p. 280⟩was deliuered at the sute of his friends, and yet preached the Gospell againe as soone as euer hee was deliuered. His friends would againe haue deliuered him, if he would haue promised to abstaine from preaching: hee stood in it so earnestlie, that he would admit no such condition, expressing the example of Saint Paul, Who shall separate vs from the loue of Christ, shall tribulation, or anguish, or hunger, or nakednes, or danger, or persecution, or the sword, &c.

These were tumbled and tossed from prison to prison, from sessions to sessions, a year and almost a half, and at the last they were condemned for denying the real presence in the Sacrament.

These were tumbled and tossed from prison to prison, from sessions to sessions, a yeare and almost a halfe, and at the last they were condemned for denying the reall presence in the Sacrament.

The substance of a letter, written by Nicholas Scheterton to his mother: These are to wish you, increase of grace and wisdom, that you may see the crafty bewitching of Satan, our mortal enemy, which doth not only openly, but under colour of devotion, deceive them which keep not a diligent eye upon him, but having confidence in mans traditions, & customs of the world, leaving the commandments of God and testament of Christ, do grow more into superstition and hypocrisy, then into wisdom and true holiness. Satan by his Ministers, maketh many believe, that those things which they compel us unto for their bellies sake, have many godly significations, although they be most contrary to Gods will: as the Serpent in Paradise said to Eve; hath God commanded you not to eat of the tree of knowledge, but you shall not die: so say our ministers, hath God commanded you that you shall not make any Image. Tush say they, what harm can they do, may we not remember God the better when we see his Image, for they are good books for Laymen, (but indeed they are better for the Priests, because they receive the offerings) and as true as the promise of the Serpent was kept with Eve; so is the perswas on of the Priests found unto us: for as Adam and Eve did become like GOD in knowing of good and evil, so are we in remembering God by his Images. For Adams eyes were so opened, that he lost both innocency and righteousness, and became most miserable of all Creatures; so we, by remembering Christ by Images, have forgotten his Commandments, and counted his Testament, confirmed with his blood, for stark madness or heresy. We have so miserably remembered him, that of all people we are most blind, and this is because we will presume to remember God by breaking of his Law, therefore except we repent, God will remember us in his wrath: They will say, where went he to school, is he wiser then our great Doctors, that have studied all their life? and they say it is good hay, although we our selves smell it musty, yet we must believe it is sweet, and then pay them well for their so saying, and then all is safe. But I may say to them, what Sir; you be wiser then Christ, and God the Father, or the Holy Ghost? what, wiser then the Prophets or the Apostles, and all holy Martyrs?