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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.
A Priest sitting on horseback in a green gown, draw no about with red Silk, said he ought not to be heard, because he is an Heretic: as he prayed his crown fell off, one of the Soldiers said, let us put it on again, that it may be burned with his Masters. When he rose from prayers, he said, Lord Jesus assist me, that with a constant mind I may bear this cruelty, and ignominious death whereunto I am condemned for preaching thy most holy Gospel: when he was fastened to the stake, being turned to the East, certain cried, he ought not to look towards the East, because he is an Heretic, so he was turned to the West, then the Emperors ⟨p. 125⟩master of his horses, exhorted him to repent of his errors, and be mindful of his safeguard; he answered he preached no errors: the principal end of my Doctrine was to teach all men repentance, and remission of sins, according to Christs Gospel and Exposition of holy Doctors, therefore with a cheerful courage I am ready to suffer death: when the fire was kindled he began to sing with a loud voice, Jesus Christ the Son of the everliving God have mercy on me, and when he had said it thrice, the fire smothered him, they made a new fire and burned the part of his body, they cut the head into small gobbets that it might the sooner be consumed: his heart being found amongst his bowels, when they had well beaten it with staves, they pricked it upon a sharp prick, and roasted it in another fire till it was consumed: they took the ashes and cast into the River Rhine that there might be no dust of that man left upon earth: but they could never abolish his memory out of the hearts of the godly.
A Priest sitting on horsebacke in a greene gowne, draw no about with red Silke, said he ought not to be heard, because he is an Heretick: as he prayed his crown fell off, one of the Souldiours said, let vs put it on againe, that it may be burned with his Maisters. When he rose from prayers, he said, Lord Iesus assist me, that with a constant mind I may beare this cruelty, and ignominious death whereunto I am condemned for preaching thy most holy Gospell: when he was fastned to the stake, being turned to the East, certaine cryed, he ought not to looke towards the East, because he is an Hereticke, so hee was turned to the West, then the Emperours ⟨p. 125⟩master of his horses, exhorted him to repent of his errors, and be mindfull of his safegard; he answered he preached no errors: the principall end of my Doctrine was to teach all men repentance, and remission of sinnes, according to Christs Gospell and Exposition of holy Doctors, therefore with a cheerefull courage I am ready to suffer death: when the fire was kindled he began to sing with a loud voice, Iesu Christ the Sonne of the euerliuing God haue mercy on me, and when hee had said it thrice, the fire smothered him, they made a new fire and burned the part of his body, they cut the head into small gobbits that it might the sooner be consumed: his heart being found amongst his bowels, when they had well beaten it with staues, they pricked it vpon a sharpe prick, and rosted it in another fire till it was consumed: they tooke the ashes and cast into the Riuer Rheyne that there might bee no dust of that man left vpon earth: but they could neuer abolish his memory out of the hearts of the godly.