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A38426 England's remembrancer setting forth the beginning of papal tyrannies, bloody persecutions, plots, and inhuman butcheries, exercised on the professors of the Gospel in England dissenting from the Church of Rome : with an account of all, or most of the martyrs that were put to death by the cruel papists in this kingdom, until the Reformation in the reign of King Edw. 6 and Queen Elizabeth : also the first rise of the writ de heretico comburendo, for burning of hereticks ... 1682 (1682) Wing E3036; ESTC R2702 130,582 188

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Reformation begun by King Ed. 6th The next year being 1547 King Henry dyed and the Church of God had a respite by the reign of the most pious King Edward the 6th who begun the Reformation and fully extirpated Popery out of his Land all whose daies the Gospel flourished and the Church of Christ was established and he with singular constancy maintained Religion but his reign being but short continuing but six years and eight Months and Queen Mary his sister a strong Papist succeeding the blessed Reformation was thrown down Popery again set up and fire and flame enkindled in all places thorow this Kingdom by the means of the Popish Clergy who most cruelly handled all those who professed the Gospel of Christ being a far greater and smarter persecution than any that went before which shall be God willing the subject of our Third and last part of the Popish Cruelties exercised upon the Bodys of Protestants dissenters from them or such as professed the true Gospel of Christ or any ways opposed their Idolatry and Superstition Queen Mary Comes to the Crown The third Part. In which you have a brief of all or most of the Martyrs who suffered for the Gospel by the bloody tyrannie Rage and persecution of the Church of Rome in this Kingdom under the Reign of Queen Mary IT is not our part to give you the History of Queen Marys coming to the Crown which was by blood nor of her falsifying all her Oathes promises and declarations before she obtained it that she would not alter the Religion begun by her Father and established by her brother being reformed according to the Gospel rules nor how soon she broke them and reestablished the Papal Tyranny in this kingdom after it had been abolished by the Kings aforesaid but as we began we shall as briefly as we can and with all truth and sincerity with plainness and without flourishes of st●●e give you an account of the Martyrs and bloody ●●rsecutions which fell upon all those who made ●●●fession of the Gospel or dissented from the ●●●●sh superstition in the Reign of this papist●● 〈◊〉 influenced by the Popes chief bloody 〈…〉 Gardner and Bonner Bishops of 〈◊〉 and London Queen Mary began her reign 1553. in th● first year and begining of her Reign she released 〈◊〉 the Popish Bishops out of prison and all those w●●● professed the Reformation were put into prison 〈◊〉 a very great number among whom was Archbisho● Cranmer Mr. Bradford Ridley Rogers Coverdal Bisho● of Exceter Hooper Bishop of Worcester Mr. Ver●●● Mr. Beacon Mr. Latimer and several other emint●● preachers were all imprisoned for the Gospel th● Statutes of Prem●nire repealed Altars and Mass●● set up all people dissenting from the Rom●sh Religi●●● without distinction persecuted for Judg Hales 〈◊〉 upright Honest man who tho of a contrary Relig●on had opposed the disinheriting Queen Mary f●● being a Popish successor to the endangering his Life was cast into the Mashalsea where with ill usage t● grew desperat and lost his senses and when he wa● released thorow melancholly made himself away by drowning The Lady Jane Grey and her H●band were beheaded in the second year of 〈◊〉 Reign for tho they suffer'd as civil Criminals being Protestants we only mention them and it is observed that Judg Morg●n who gave sentence o● this Lady fell suddenly after mad still crying out o● the Lady Jane till he dyed The Bishop of Winch●ster had likewise at the same time a design of takeing away the life of the Lady Elizabeth but God preserv'd her for his Glory and the comfort of his Church frustrating all the wicked designs of he Popish Enemies Cranmer Ridley and Latimer Condemned In the year 1554 the Archbishop Cranmer D● R dly Bishop of London and the learned Mr. Huge Latimer were taken out of the Tower and sent to O●ford to dispure the poynts of their Religion there which they did for several days with great learning and proof but however they were on the 20th of April Condemned for Hereticks and no members of the Church for maintaining Heretical opinions After sentence thus pronounced upon them by the Commissioners who sat at St. Mary's the Archbishop said From this your Judgment and sentence I ●●peal to the just Ju●gment of God Almighty trusting 〈◊〉 be present with him in Heaven for whose presence in ●●e Altar I am thus Condemned Then said Dr. Ridley ●●ltho I be not of your company yet doubt I not but my ●ame is written in another place whither this sentence ●ill send us sooner than we should by the Course of Na●ure have come Then Mr. Latimer said I thank God ●●st heartily that he hath prolonged my Life to this end ●hat I may in this case glorifie God by that kind of Death Then Dr. Weston said to them If you goe to Heaven ●n this faith then I will never come thither After ●heir sentence these good men were separated one ●rom another and sent to several prisons Tho these men were thus condemned yet there were others who got the start of Martyrdom before them and therefore we shall treat of them in their order ●s they dyed and first of all we shall briefly relate the Martyrdom of Mr. John Rogers vicar of St. Pulthers and Reader of St. Pauls in London The Martyrdom of Mr. Rogers Mr. John R●gers a Martyr and servant of God was brought up in the Universitie of Cambridge where he profited much in humane Learning from which place he was called and chosen by the Merchants Adventurers to be their Chaplain to their Factory at Antwerp in Brabant where he lived in great content and with singular piety for many years in which time he assisted Mr. Tindale and Mr. Coverdale in the translation of the Bible into English and by the Conversation of these men he came to great knowledge of the Gospel and perceiving the abominable errours superstition and Idolatry of the Church of Rome he utterly forsook it and shook off the yoak of Popery Therefore Marrying a Wife by whom he had ten Children he removed to Wittenberg in Saxony where he increased in godly Learning and got the knowledge of the Dutch Tongue so perfectly that a Congregation was committed to his charge in which Ministry he diligently and faithfully served for many years until such time that it pleased God King Edward the 6th came to the Crown and made the Reformation in England banishing popery thence he then desiring to se● his native Country returned into England was by Bishop Ridley Bishop of London made one of the Prebends of St. Pauls and was by the Dean and Chapter chosen Reader of the Divinity lesion there in which capacity he continued till Quee● Mary came to the Crown banishing the Gospel and the true Religion brought again the Popish Idolatry into the Land After this Queen was come to London this Mr. Rogers being appointed to preach a● Pauls Cross he there openly maintained the Doctrine of Christ as