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.

Reasons against Transubstantiation, gathered by IOHN BRADFORD.

1 TErtullian saith that which is former is true, that which is later is false. Tran∣substantiation is a late Doctrine; for it was not generally defin••d vntill the Councell of Laterane, about the yeare one thousand two hundred and fifteene, vn∣der Innocent 3. before it was free to beleeue it, or not beleeue it: Ergo, the Doc∣trine of Transubstantiation is false.

2 That the words of Christs Supper be figuratiue: the Circumstances of the Scripture: the proportion of the Sacraments: the sentences of all holy Fathers: For a thousand yeares after Christ doe all teach: It followeth there is no Tran∣substantiation,

3 The Scriptures doe witnes that the Lord gaue bread to his Disciples, and called it his body: He took bread in his hands: hee gaue thankes ouer bread, he brake bread, and gaue bread to his Disciples: As Ireneus, Tertullian, Origene, Cyprian, Epiphanius, Augustine, and all the Fathers of antiquitie doe affirme: but in asmuch as the substance of bread and wine is another manner of thing: then the substance of the body and bloud of Christ, it is plaine there is no Tran∣substantiation.

4 The bread is no more transubstantiated then the wine: CHRIST cal∣leth that the fruit of the Uine, saying, I will drinke no more of the fruit of the Vine: Therefore by Christes wordes it was not Bloud but Wine:

therefore it followeth there is no Transubstantiation: Chrysostom vpon Mathew and Cyprian, doe confirme this reason.

5 The bread is called as well Christs mysticall body, as his naturall body: for the same spirit that saith the bread is my body; saith also, wee being many are one body, but it is not the mysticall body by transubstantiation, no more is it his naturall body by transubstantiation.

6 The words ouer the Cup are not so effectuall as to transubstantiate it int•• the New Testament: Therfore the words spoken ouer the bread, are not so migh∣ty to make Transubstantiation.

7 The Doctrine of Transubstantiation doth not agree with the Apostolick and mother Churches, which receiued there Doctrine of the Apostles, who re∣ceiued it of Christ, and Christ of God: as of Gréece, of Corinthus, of Philippos, Collosia, Thessalonica, Ephesus, which neuer taught Transubstantiation: yea, it agreeth not with the Doctrine of the Church of Rome, taught in times past, for Gelasius the Pope doth manifestly confute the errour of transubstantiation, and reproueth them of sacriledge, which diuide the mysterie, and keep the Cup from the lay people: Therefore the Doctrine of transubstantiation agreeth not with the truth.