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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.
Bishop▪ I will that you swear to forsake all the opinions of the Sect of Lollards, which I shall rehearse after you have sworn, and that you will neither privily nor openly teach none of them, nor favour none of that opinion, but withstand them, and them that will not yield, make known to the Bishop of the Diocese, and that thou preach no more until I do know that thy hart and mouth accord.
Bishop▪ I will that you swear to forsake all the opinions of the Sect of Lollards, which I shall rehearse after you haue sworne, and that you will neither priuily nor openly teach none of them, nor fauour none of that opinion, but withstand them, and them that will not yéeld, make knowne to the Byshop of the Diocesse, and that thou preach no more vntill I do know that thy hart and mouth accord.
Thorp. If I consent unto you, here•n I should be every Bishops spy, Summoner of all England; yea, I should deceive many persons, and be y• cause of their death bodily and ghostly, for many of them that stand now in the truth, and are in the way of salvation, would rather choose to forsake the way of truth, then to be scorned, slandered, and punished, as Bishops and their Ministers now use to do: and I find not in the Scripture that this office you would now enfeoff me with, accordeth to any Priest or Christian; therefore to do thus, were to me a full noyous band, for many trust so mickle in me, that I would not do it to save my life, and they might well account me a Traitor to God and man, and that I had falsely and cowardly forsaken the truth, and slandered shamefully the Word of GOD, If I do thus for fear of bondcheefe and mischief in this life, I deem in my conscience, I were worthy to be cursed of GOD and all his Saints, from which keep me and all Christians Almighty God.
Thorp. If I consent vnto you, here•n I should be euery Bishops spy, Sommoner of al England; yea, I should deceiue many persons, and be y cause of their death bodily and ghostly, for many of them that stand now in the truth, and are in the way of saluation, would rather chuse to forsake the way of truth, then to be scorned, slandered, and punished, as Byshops and their Ministers now vse to dee: and I finde not in the Scripture that this office you would now enfeoff me with, accordeth to any Priest or Christian; therefore to do thus, were to me a full noyous band, for many trust so mickle in me, that I would not doe it to saue my life, and they might well account me a Traytor to God and man, and that I had fasly and cowardly forsaken the truth, and slandered shamefully the Word of GOD, If I doe thus for feare of bondcheefe and mischeefe in this life, I deeme in my conscience, I were worthy to bee cursed of GOD and all his Saints, from which keepe me and all Christians Almighty God.