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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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18 John Hus preached he should go to Constance, & if he should be forced to recant that which he had taught, he never purposed to do it with his mind, because what he had taught was pure doctrine of Christ. Answer. This Article is full of lies, God saith to the inventer thereof, All the day long thou hast imagined wickedness, and with thy tongue as with a sharp razor thou hast wrought deceit: thou hast delighted to talk of wickedness rather then of Justice. I wrote an Epistle, & left it to be read unto the people, that they should pray for me, & persevere steadfastly in the doctrine of Christ, knowing certainly that I never taught any such errors as mine enemies ascribe unto me, and if I should be overcome with false witnesses, they should not be troubled, but continue steadfastly in the truth. First the council condemned all his books to be burned, and condemned all his Articles to be heretical and himself to be an heretic, & when the sentence was ended, kneeling down on his knees he said, Lord Jesus Christ forgive ⟨p. 124⟩mine enemies, by whom thou knowest I am falsely accused, and that they have used false witness and slanders against me, forgive them for thy great mercy sake: and the chief of the Priests derided his prayer.
18 Iohn Hus preached he should go to Constance, & if he should be forced to recant that which he had taught, he neuer purposed to do it with his mind, because what he had taught was pure doctrine of Christ. Answer. This Article is full of lies, God saith to the inuenter thereof, All the day long thou hast imagined wickednes, and with thy tongue as with a sharp razor thou hast wrought deceit: thou hast delighted to talke of wickednes rather then of Iustice. I wrote an Epistle, & left it to be read vnto the people, that they should pray for me, & perseuer stedfastly in the doctrine of Christ, knowing certainly that I neuer taught any such errors as mine enemies ascribe vnto me, and if I should be ouercome with false wilnesses, they should not be troubled, but continue stedfastly in the truth. First the councell condemned all his bookes to be burned, and condemned al his Articles to be hereticall and himselfe to be an heretick, & when the sentence was ended, knéeling down on his knées he said, Lord Iesu Christ forgiue ⟨p. 124⟩mine enemies, by whom thou knowest I am falsly accused, and that they haue vsed false witnesse and slanders against me, forgiue them for thy great mercy sake: and the chiefe of the Priests derided his prayer.