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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
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.
10 The vow of Chastity made by women, imperfect by nature, bringeth in horrible vices, the murdering of Children borne before their time, and before they are Christened, the destruction of their natures by medicines, accompanying amongst themselves, and with beasts, and any creature without life, cometh to such unseemliness, that they are punished with hell torments, we would that Widows and Maids which take the mantle and ring were married.
10 The vow of Chastitie made by women, imperfect by nature, bringeth in horrible vices, the murdering of Children borne before their time, and before they are Christned, the destruction of their natures by medicines, accompanying amongst themselues, and with beasts, and any creature without life, commeth to such vnséemlinesse, that they are punished with hell torments, wee would that Widdowes and Maides which take the mantle and ring were married.
John Bale, a man endued with great knowledge and understanding was condemned to death by Robert Trivillian chief Justice, 1382. albeit he was chief Justice he suffered the like punishment, and was hanged at Tyburn, being justly requited for the blood which he had shed.
John Bale, a man indued with great knowledge and vnderstanding was condemned to death by Robert Triuillian chiefe Iustice, 1382. albeit he was chiefe Iustice he suffered the like punishment, and was hanged at Tyburne, being iustly requited for the bloud which he had shed.
One John Purvey was accused of heresy at Oxford: Walden writeth he was the Library of Lollards, and glosser upon Wycliffe; he with Harford, a Doctor of Divinity were grievously tormented in the prison of Saltwood, and made to recant at Pauls Cross, by Arundel Archbishop of Canterbury, and one and twenty years after, taken and imprisoned again by Chichely, Archbishop of Canterbury: these be his Articles he recanted.