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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.
These two did often visit the prisoners, relie•e the needy, and feed the hungry. There was a woman laid in prison for suspicion of murdering her child, she denying it, they searching into the matter found that her husband loved her not, and therefore sought to make her away. The matter was thus: her child having bin sick a whole year, died in harvest, then she went to have her neighbours to help to bury it▪ but all ware at harvest; whereby she was enforced to prepare the child to burial her self: her husband coming home accused her of murdering the child.
These two did often visit the prisoners, relie•e the needy, and feed the hungry. There was a woman laide in prison for suspition of murdering her childe, she denying it, they searching into the matter found that her husband loued her not, and therefore sought to make her away. The matter was thus: her childe hauing bin sicke a whole yeare, died in haruest, then she went to haue her neighbours to helpe to burie it▪ but all ware at haruest; whereby she was inforced to prepare the child to buriall her selfe: her husband comming home accused her of murthering the childe.
Master Latimer thinking in his conscience that she was not guilty, and being called to preach before King Henry the eighth, after the Sermon the King sent for him, and talked with him; at which time Master Lati•er kneeled down and opened the whole matter to the King, and begged her pardon, which the King granted, and gave it him when he went home. In the mean time the woman was brought a bed in prison, and Master Latimer was God-father, but he told her not of the pardon, but laboured to have her confess the truth. When the time came that she looked to suffer, she greatly lamented that she should not be purified before she did suffer, thinking she should be damned if she died unpurified. Master Bilney and Master Latimer told her that the law was made for the Jews, and not for us, and how women be as well in the favour of God before purification as after. And when they had brought her into a good way, they showed her the Kings pardon, and let her go. Many moe like good matters were wrought by him, but the more his virtues and good doings began to be known, the more his adversaries began to spurn against him.