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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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Thus you have the whole sum of Wycliffe's Articles, albeit not as he uttered them, but as his froward adversaries collected them out of his writings, if some of them seem hard or strange, think it rather to be imputed to their evil will, then to his good meaning, as it might appear if his books had now been extant: but this is certain howsoever his Articles were taken of the evil disposed, with all good men he was highly favoured and had in such estimation for his profound knowledge, and great learning, that all foreign Nations were moved with his authority; especially the Bohemians had him in such reverence, that John Hus, the greatest doer in the University of Prague, took profit of his Doctrine, and openly defended his Articles.
Thus you haue the whole summe of Wickliffes Articles, albeit not as hee vttered them, but as his froward aduersaries collected them out of his writings, if some of them séeme hard or strange, thinke it rather to be imputed to their euill will, then to his good meaning, as it might appeare if his bookes had now been extant: but this is certaine howsoeuer his Articles were taken of the euill disposed, with all good men he was highly fauoured and had in such estimation for his profound knowledge, and great learning, that all forren Nations were moued with his authoritie; especially the Bohemians had him insuch reuerence, that Iohn Hus, the greatest doer in the Uniuersitie of Prage, tooke profit of his Doctrine, and openly defended his Articles.
Wycliffe's Doctrine came into Bohemia, by reason of a Student of Bohemia that was at Oxford being of Noble stock: who returning to Prague, carried certain books of Wycliffe's with him, De realibus universalibus, De civili jure, et Divino, De Ecclesia, De questionibus var••s contra clerum &c. a Noble man of Prague builded a Church called Bethlehem, giving lands to it, and finding two preachers every day to preach to the people, of the which John Hus was one, he being familiar with the young man, reading and perusing these books, took such pleasure and fruit thereby, that he defended and commended them in schools and sermons, commending him for a good man, wishing when he died to be there placed where his soul was.