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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
Book 5 › The History of JOHN HUS.Book 5 › The History of IOHN HVS.
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.
John Hus being a preacher at Prague, in the temple of Bethlehem, those rather to teach the Gospel of Christ, then the humane traditions of Bishops; their sprung up certain which accused him as an heretic to the Bishop of Rome: the Pope committed the matter to the Cardinal of Columna, who appointed a day he should appear at Rome: The King and Nobility of Bohemia, sent to the Pope to acquit him from his appearance, and if they suspected the Kingdom to be infected with any heresy, they should send an Ambassador to correct the heresy, and the King would bear the charge, and likewise assist the Legate with all his authority, to punish such as shall be sound with erroneous Doctrine: and John Hus sent his meet procurators unto the Court of Rome, and with firm and strong reasons did prove his Innocency, but when the Cardinal would admit no defence, his procurators appealed to the Pope; notwithstanding the Cardinal excommunicated him as an obstinate heretic, because he came not at his day, and the matter was referred to two other Cardinals, who after they had delayed the matter a year and a half, confirmed the Judgement of the first Cardinal, and some of his procurators were committed, and grievously punished for being so earnest for him.
IOhn Hus being a preacher at Prage, in the temple of Bethelem, those rather to teach the Gospell of Christ, then the humane traditions of Bishops; their sprung vp certaine which accused him as an heretick to the Bishop of Rome: the Pope committed the matter to the Cardinall of Columna, who appointed a day hee should appeare at Rome: The King and Nobilitie of Boheme, sent to the Pope to acquit him from his appearance, and if they suspected the Kingdome to be infected with any heresie, they should send an Ambassadour to correct the heresie, and the King would beare the charge, and likewise assist the Legate with all his authoritie, to punish such as shall bee sound with erronoous Doctrine: and Iohn Hus sent his meete procurators vnto the Court of Rome, and with firme and strong reasons did prooue his Innocencie, but when the Cardinall would admit no defence, his procurators appealed to the Pope; notwithstanding the Cardinall excommunicated him as an obstinate heretick, because he came not at his day, and the matter was referred to two other Cardinals, who after they had delayed the matter a yeere and a halfe, confirmed the Iudgement of the first Cardinall, and some of his procurators were committed, and grecuously punished for being so earnest for him.