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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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George Tankerfield of London, Cooke, borne in the City of York, he utterly denied auricular Confession, and Transubstantiation, and affirmed that the Mass was naught, and full of Idolatry and abomination: and affirmed that there were but two Sacraments. He told the Bishop he cared not for his Divinity, for you condemn all men, and prove nothing against them, and he said the church whereof the Pope is supreme head, is not Christs Church; and pointing to the Bishop he said to the people beware of him, and such as he is, these be they which deceive you: Whereupon he was condemned.
George Tankerfield of London, Cooke, borne in the Cittie of Yorke, he vtterly denied aur•culer Confession, and Transubstantiation, and affirmed that the Masse was naught, and full of Idolatry and abhomination: and affirmed that there were but two Sacraments. He told the Bishop he cared not for his Diuinity, for you condemne all men, and proue nothing against them, and he said the church whereof the Pope is supreme head, is not Christs Church; and pointing to the Bishop he said to the people beware of him, and such as he is, these be they which deceiue you: Wherevpon he was condemned.
ROBERT SMITH being asked by Boner when he was Confessed: He answered, not since the time he had discretion: I am not commanded of God to show my sins to any of that sinful number whom ye call Priests: He was a Painter, and he told the Bishop he had used his vocation better then he had used his Bishopric: He said he never used the Sacrament, nor never would, because it hath not Gods ordinance, but rather it is directed to mock GOD: I count it a detestable Idol, and not GOD, but contrary to GOD and truth: Then the Bishop said, he should be burned: He answered, he must not think thereby to quench the Spirit of GOD, nor make your matter good for your sore is too well seen to be healed so privily with blood, even the Children have all your deeds in derision: so that though ⟨p. 286⟩you patch up one place with authority, yet it shall break out in forty to your shame: Then the Bishop said by my truth if thou wilt be shriven, I will tare this paper of thy examination: I answered, it would be too much to his shame, to show it unto men of discretion.