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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. Thy heart is full hard indurate, as the hart of Pharaoh, the Devil hath blinded thy wits, that thou hast no grace to know the truth, nor the measure of mercy that I have pro••ered thee: but I say to thee lewd Losel, either quickly consent to me, or by Saint Thomas▪ thou shalt be degraded, and follow thy fellow •o Smithfield.
Bishop. Thy heart is full hard indurate, as the hart of Pharaoh, the Diuell hath blinded thy wits, that thou hast no grace to know the truth, nor the measure of mercy that I haue pro••ered thee: but I say to thee lewd Lossell, eyther quickly consent to me, or by Saint Thomas▪ thou shalt be disgraded, and follow thy fellow •o Smithfield.
Thorp. I thought with my self God did me great grace, if of his mercy he would bring me to such an end, and my heart was not afraid of his menacing, but I considered in him, that he was not sorrowful that he had burned William Santry wrongfully, and that he thirsteth to shed more innocent blood, and I was fast moved to hold him to be no Priest of God, and mine inward Man was departed from him to have no fear of him, and I was right heavy that there was no audience of secular men by: and I prayed the Lord to comfort me against them, that were against the soothfastness, and I purposed to speak no more then my need behooved. All the while I prayed God for his grace, to speak with a meek and easy Spirit, and that I might have authorities of Scriptures, or open reason for my words, and his Clerks said, Why muse you, do as my Lord commands you.
Thorp. I thought with my selfe God did me great grace, if of his mercy he would bring me to such an end, and my heart was not afraid of his menasing, but I considered in him, that he was not sorrowfull that he had burned William Santry wrongfully, and that he thi•steth to shed more innocent blood, and I was fast mooued to hold him to be no Priest of God, and mine inward Man was departed from him to haue no feare of him, and I was right heauy that there was no audience of seculer men by: and I prayed the Lord to comfort me against them, that were against the sothfastnesse, and I purposed to speake no more then my neede behooued. All the while I prayed God for his grace, to speake with a méeke and easie Spirit, and that I might haue authorities of Scriptures, or open reason for my words, and his Clearks said, Why muse you, do as my Lord commands you.