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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.
Robert. Being brought before the Bishop of Coventry, he asked me wherefore I wou•d not come to Church, I said I would not come thither as long as Mass was used in their Churches, though I had 500. lives and might save them all by going: and I asked if they could find any thing in the Scriptures, whereby they could defend the Mass.
Robert. Being brought before the Bishop of Couentry, he asked me wherefore I wou•d not come to Church, I said I would not come thither as long as Masse was vsed in their Churches, though I had 500. liues and might saue them all by going: and I asked if they could finde any thing in the Scriptures, whereby they could defend the Masse.
Bish. He asked who should be judge of the holy word, I said Christ.
Bish. He asked who should be iudge of the holy word, I said Christ.
Robert. He refused not to give his doctrine to be examined of the people, by searching of the Scriptures, and so did Paul, and if that would not suffice, I said I would stand to the judgement of the Primitive Church, which was next after the Apostles time, and that should be judge betwixt them▪ He answered he was mine Ordinary, and therefore it was my part to believe as he did. I said, what if he should sa•• black is white, or darkness light.
Robert. He refused not to giue his doctri•e to be examined of the people, by searching of the Scriptures, and so did Paule, and if that would not suffice, I said I would stand to the iudgement of the Primitiue Church, which was next after the Apostles time, and that should be iudge betwixt them He answered he was mine Ordinary, and therefore it was my part to beléeue as hee did. I said, what if hée should sa black is white, or darknesse light.