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…

These points following his Adversaries preached, y• Christs blood is not sufficient without the blood of Martyrs, Magdalene did not know Christ to be God before his Resurrection, there can be now no Idolatry: Rome cannot be destroyed, the Pope is Lord of all the World, whatsoever he doth, is well done: Pater noster is to be said unto Saint Peter: Pater noster is but a beggarly prayer, Ave Maria is infinitely better, there must be twenty Ave Mariaes for one Pater noster, Ave Maria was before Pater noster, and shall be after: it was not necessary that the scriptures should be written: Christ saying, he that leaveth father or mother, proveth our pilgrimage, with many moe.

These points following his Aduersaries preached, y• Christs blood is not sufficient without the blood of Martyrs, Magdalene did not know Christ to be God before his Resurrection, there can be now no Idolatry: Rome cannot be destroyed, the Pope is Lord of all the World, whatsoeuer he doth, is well done: Pater noster is to be said vnto Saint Peter: Pater noster is but a beggerly prayer, Aue Maria is infinitly better, there must be twentie Aue Mariaes for one Pater noster, Aue Maria was before Pater noster, and shall bee after: it was not necessary that the scriptures should be written: Christ saying, he that leaueth father or mother, praueth our pilgrimage, with many moe.

Many dangerous hazards he suffered amongst the Popes friends and Gods enemies, for the Gospel sake. When there was a Proclamation set forth for the calling in of the Bible in English, and many other good books, he hazarded himself to write to King Henry the eight to dissuade him therefrom, which Letter thou mayest see in the book at large: at length by the means of Doctor Butts and of good Cromwell, he was made Bishop of Worcester and continued so a few years, instructing his Diocese according to a diligent Pastor, but (as before) both in the University, and at his Benefice he was tossed and turmoiled by the wicked, so in his Bishopric some sought his trouble, insomuch that he was accused to the King for his Sermons. Thus he continued in this laborious function of a Bishop for certain years, until the coming up of the six Articles, and altering of Religion, so when he could not keep his Bishopric with a good conscience, of his own free will he resigned the same: at which time Shaxton Bishop of Salisbury resigned also with him his Bishopric. These two remained a great space unbishopped, keeping silence until the time of King Edward. A little after Latimer had renounced his Bishopric, he was sore bruised with the fall of a tree, and coming to London for remedy, he was troubled of the Bishops, and at length was cast into the Tower, where he continued prisoner until the Reign of King Edward, then the golden mouth of this preacher, shut up long before, was opened again, and beginning a fresh to set forth his plough again, and continued all the time of the said King, labouring in the Lords harvest most fruitfully: he preached for the most part twice every Sunday to no small shame of unpreaching prelates, which occupied great room, to do little good: he did most evidently prophese of all these kind of plagues which after ensued: