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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
Book 11 › The fifth Examination.Book 11 › The fift Examination.
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.
Saver. I wonder you will stand so steadfast in your error to your own destruction.
Sauer. I wonder you will stand so stedfast in your errour to your owne destruction.
Phil. I am sure we are in no error, by the promise of Christ to the faithful, that he will give them such a spirit of wisdom, that the adversaries thereof should be never able to resist, and by this we know we are of the truth, because neither by reasoning nor writing your Synagogue of Rome is able to answer one of the learned Ministers of Germany, who hath disclosed your counterset Religion, which of all you is able to answer Calvins institutions: Then Doctor Story came in, to whom I said you have done me great injury, without Law you have imprisoned me more like a dog then a man, and you promised me I should be judged the next day after.
Phil. I am sure we are in no errour, by the promise of Christ to the faithfull, that he will giue them such a spirit of wisedome, that the aduersaries therof should be neuer able to resist, and by this wee know wee are of the truth, because neither by reasoning nor writing your Synagogue of Rome is able to answere one of the learned Ministers of Germany, who hath disclosed your counterset Religion, which of all you is able to answere Caluins institutions: Then Doctor Story came in, to whom I said you haue done me great iniury, without Law you haue imprisoned me more like a dog then a man, and you promised mee I should be iudged the next day after.
Story. I am come now to keep my promise with you, was there ever such a fantastical man as he is; may he is no man but a beast: yea these heretics be worse then beasts, for they will take upon them to be wiser then all men; being very asseheads, not able to maintain that which they stand in.