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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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One John Ashton Master of Art, being examined, confessed that the bread by the sacramental words was the very same body of Christ in number, which was borne of the Virgin Mary: yet because he did not answer simply, according to the tradition of Rome, as touching the subject and accident of transmuting the substance of the bread, he was committed to the secular powers, and cast into prison where he died: many other notable Clerks, some were burned, some died in prison, but all were afflicted: as William Swinderby, John Purvey, Henry Crompe, Richard White, William Thorpe, Raynold Peacock, Bishop of Saint Asaph, and after of Chichester, Lawrence Redman, David Sawtry, John Ashwarbie Vicar of S. Mary's in Oxford, William James, Thomas Brightwell, William Hawlam, Raffe Gre• hurst, John Scut, Philip Noris, which being excommunicated by the Pope, appealed to a general council.
One Iohn Ashton Maister of Arte, beeing examined, confessed that the bread by the sacramentall words was the very same body of Christ in number, which was borne of the U•rgin Mary: yet because hee did not answere simply, according to the tradition of Rome, as touching the subiect and accident of transmuting the substance of the bread, he was committed to the secular powers, and cast into prison where he died: many other notable Clarkes, some were burned, some died in prison, but all were afflicted: as William Swinderby, Iohn Puruey, Henry Crompe, Richard White, William Thorpe, Raynold Peacock, Bishop of Saint Asaph, and after of Chichester, Lawrence Redman, Dauid Sawtry, Iohn Ashwarbie Uicar of S. Maries in Oxford, William Iames, Thomas Brightwell, VVilliam Hawlam, Raffe Gre• hurst, Iohn Scut, Philip Noris, which being excommunicated by the Pope, appealed to a generall councell.
Peter Paine, who flying from Oxford into Bohemia, stoutly contended against the Sophisters about both •indes of the Sacrament, and was one of the fourteen that was sent to the Council of Basil, and disputed three days touching the Civill Dominion of the Clergy: Also the Lord Cobham: thus much touching the adherents of Wycliffe.