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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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and added that all his sins did not so much gnaw and trouble his Conscience, as that sin which he committed in that pestiferous seat which in his recantation he had spoken against that man, and his Doctrine: concluding that he utterly revoked and denied that wicked recantation, and that he did it through weakness of heart, and fear of death: when he had spoken these and many other things touching the praise of John Wycliffe, and John Hus, then was he carried again unto prison, and grievously fettered by the hands, arms, and feet, with great chains and fetters of Iron: and when he was brought again to his Judgement, they exhorted him again to recant: he answered, I take God to my witness I hold all the Articles of the Catholic Faith, but I shall be condemned, because I will not consent unto the condemnation of those most holy & blessed men aforesaid, whom you have most wickedly condemned, for certain Articles abhorring your abominable life: then he confessed his belief, and uttered many things profoundly, and eloquently, that all that were present could not sufficiently commend his great eloquence, and profound learning, and by no means could they persuade him to recant: he said further you will condemn me unjustly and wickedly: but I after my death will leave a remorse in your consciences, and a nail in your hearts, and I cite you all to answer me before the most high and just Judge within a hundred years: when sentence was given they brought unto him a great long mitre of paper, painted about with red Devils: then he throwing away his hood, he put the Mitre on his head; saying, Christ when he suffered death for me wore a crown of Thorns, and I for his sake will willingly wear this Mitre: when he was led to execution with a loud voice he sung, Credo in unum Deum: after he sung other Canticles of the Church: he was tied to a stake like the picture of John Hus: whilst he was praying the tormenters took him up, and lifted him up from the ground, stripped him naked, and girded him about the loins with a linen cloth: and so bound him to the Image:
and added that all his sinnes did not so much gnaw and trouble his Conscience, as that sinne which hee committed in that pestiferous seat which in his recantation he had spoken against that man, and his Doctrine: concluding that he vtterly reuoked and denied that wicked recantation, and that he did it throgh weaknes of heart, and feare of death: when hee had spoken these and many other things touching the praise of Iohn Wickliffe, and Iohn Hus, then was he caried again vnto prison, and greeuously fettered by the hands, armes, and feete, with great chaines and fetters of Iron: and when he was brought againe to his Iudgement, they exhorted him againe to recant: he answered, I take God to my witnes I hold all the Articles of the Catholick Faith, but I shall be condemned, because I will not consent vnto the condemnation of those most holy & blessed men aforesaid, whom you haue most wickedly condemned, for certaine Articles abhorring your abominable life: then hee confessed his beliefe, and vttered many things profoundly, and eloquently, that all that were present could not sufficiently commend his great eloquence, and profound learning, and by no meanes could they perswade him to recant: he said further you will condemne mee vniustly and wickedly: but I after my death will leaue a remorce in your consciences, and a naile in your hearts, and I cite you all to answere mee bfore the most high and iust Iudge within a hundred yeeres: when sentence was giuen they brought vnto him a great long miter of paper, painted about with red Diuels: then hee throwing away his hood, he put the Miter on his head; saying, Christ when he suffered death for mee wore a crowne of Thornes, and I for his sake will willingly weare this Miter: when he was led to execution with a loud voice he sung, Credo in vnum Deum: after he sung other Canticles of the Church: hee was tyed to a stake like the picture of Iohn Hus: whilst hée was praying the tormenters tooke him vp, and lifted him vp from the ground, stript him naked, and girded him about the lomes with a linnen cloth: and so bound him to the Image: