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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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The Archbishop hearing hereof sent for the Commissary, and the Proctors of the University, and one Master Brightwell, and accused them as favourers of Wycliffe, and forced them to confess his Articles heretical and erroneous: the Commissary fell on his knees and desired pardon, which was granted upon condition he should make inquiry, and put to silence all that he found favouring Wycliffe, Harford, Repington, Ashton, and Bedman: and that he should publish in the head Church of the University the condemnation of Wycliffe's conclusions: and that he should put all his adherents he found to purgation, or cause them to abjure: he answered he durst not do it for death: what said the Bishop, is Oxford a nestler of heresies that the Catholic truth cannot be published? Oxford was the first University that maintained the truth that is now spread farr• and near: the next day the Bishop showed the matter to the Kings Council, who sent commandment with all diligence, to execute the Arch-bishops injunction.
The Archbishop hearing hereof sent for the Commissary, and the Proctors of the Uniuersitie, and one Maister Brightwell, and accused them as fauourers of Wickliffe, and forced them to confesse his Articles hereticall and erroneous: the Commissarie fell on his knees and desired pardon, which was granted vpon condition he should make inquirie, and put to silence all that he found fauouring Wickliffe, Harford, Repington, Ashton, and Bedman: and that hee should publish in the head Church of the Uniuersitie the condemnation of Wickliffes conclus•ons: and that hee should put all his adherents he found to purgation, or cause them to abiure: he answered he durst not doe it for death: what said the Bishop, is Oxford a nestler of heresies that the Catholick truth cannot be published? Oxford was the first Uniuersitie that maintained the truth that is now spread farr• and néere: the next day the Bishop shewed the matter to the Kings Councell, who sent commandement with all diligence, to execute the Arch-bishops iniunction.
One Henry Crompe a Cistercian Monk, which after was accused of Heresy, now was suspended by the said Commissary, for calling the Heretics Lollards: he complained to the Archbishop, who sent for the Commissary and Proctors in the Kings and Councels name, where he received a new commandment to punish the Wickliffes: then Philip Repington, and Nickolas Harford, being privily warned by the Vice-chancellor: they fled to the Duke of Lancaster, but they were apprehended and sent by him to the Archbishop: Wycliffe was exiled, and after returned again to his parish of Lutterworth where he died: the providence of God is to be noted in this man and many other whom the Lord preserved in such rages of