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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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Thirdly, he prayed for the preservation of Queen ELIZABETH, then but Lady ELIZABETH, whom with •eares he still named, desiring God to make he a comforter to this comfortless Realm, the Lord most graciously granted all these things which he requested.
Thirdly, hee prayed for the preseruation of Queene ELIZABETH, then but Lady ELIZABETH, whom with •eares he still named, desiring God to make hee a comforter to this comfortles Realme, the Lord most graciously granted al these things which he requested.
The twentieth day of September, a Commission was sent from the Cardinal to the Bishops of Lincoln, Gloucester, and Bristow, to examine Doctor Ridley, and Master Latimer, upon the points they were condemned for at Oxford: and if they would not recant there opinions, to disgrade them, &c. The first point was whether the real presence of Christ was in the Sacrament: D. Ridley first appeared before them; when the Commission was read, he standing bare-headed, as soon as he heard the Cardinal named, and the Popes Holiness: he put on his cap, the Bishop of Lincoln reprehended him for it, and told him if he would not of himself put off his cap another should do it for him: He answered, that it was not done for any contumacy that he bare unto their own persons, nor for any derogation of the Cardinal in that he was borne of the Blood Royal, & was endued with much learning & excellent virtues •ut in that he is Legate to the Pope, (and with that he put on his cap) whose usurped supremacy I utterly renounce, which I will not only denounce in words, but in gesture, behaviour, and all my doings express the same: whereupon by the commandment of the Bishop of Lincoln his cap was taken off: he appeared twice, and thus he did at both times, their answers were both to one effect in substance.
The twentith day of September, a Commission was sent from the Cardinall to the Bishops of Lincolne, Glocester, and Bristow, to examine Doctor Ridley, and Maister Latimer, vpon the points they were condemned for at Oxford: and if they would not recant there opinions, to disgrade them, &c. The first point was whether the reall presence of Christ was in the Sacrament: D. Ridley first appeared before them; when the Commission was read, he standing bare-headed, assoon as he heard the Cardinall named, and the Popes Holines: he put on his cap, the Bishop of Lincolne reprehended him for it, and told him if he would not of himselfe put off his cap another should doe it for him: He answered, that it was not done for any contumacy that he bare vnto their own persons, nor for any derogation of the Cardinall in that he was borne of the Bloud Royall, & was indued with much lerning & excellent vertues ut in that he is Legate to the Pope, (and with that he put on his cap) whose vsurped supremacie I vtterly renounce, which I will not onely denounce in words, but in gesture, beauiour, and all my doings expresse the same: wherevpon by the commandement of the Bishop of Lincoln his cap was taken off: he appeared twice, and thus he did at both times, their answeres were both to one effect in substance.