The lattre examinacyon of Anne Askewe latelye martyred in Smythfelde, by the wycked Synagoge of Antichrist, with the Elucydacyon of Iohan Bale.

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The lattre examinacyon of Anne Askewe latelye martyred in Smythfelde, by the wycked Synagoge of Antichrist, with the Elucydacyon of Iohan Bale.
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Askew, Anne, 1521-1546.
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[Imprented at Marpurg in the lande of Hessen [i.e. Wesel :: Printed by D. van der Straten],
16, die Ianuarij, anno 1. 5. 4. 7.] [1547]
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Protestants -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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"The lattre examinacyon of Anne Askewe latelye martyred in Smythfelde, by the wycked Synagoge of Antichrist, with the Elucydacyon of Iohan Bale." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A22095.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.

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Iohan Bale.

In all the scriptures we reade not. that eyther Christ or yet hys Apostles commaunded anye man or woman to pryson for their faythe, as thys tyraunt Byshopp ded here. But in dede we fyn∣de

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that Christes holye Apostles, were oft¦tymes cruellye commaunded to pryson of the same spyghtfullye spirytuall genera¦cyon, Acto. 4. 5. 12. 16. Christ wylled hys true beleuers to loke for non other at their spirytuall handes, than enpryson∣mentes and deathe, Mathei 10. Ioan. 16. And therfor sayd Peter vnto hym. I am redye to go with the, lorde, both into pryson and to deathe, Luce 22. Pau¦le greatlye complayneth of hys enpryson¦mentes and scourgynges by them, 2. Co∣rinth, 11. Dyuerse in the congregacyon of Smyrna were enprysoned by that fearce synagoge of Sathan, Apoca. 2. Esaye prophecyenge the condycyons of the spirytuall Antichrist, sayth amon∣ge other, that he shulde holde men cap∣tyue in preson, Esaie 14. Ezechiel re∣porteth that he shuld churlyshlye chec∣ke, and in cruelte rule, Ezechie. 34. Za∣charye sheweth that he shuld eate vp the fleshe of the fattest, Zacharie 11. Da¦niel declareth that he shuld persecute with swerde and fyre. Daniel 11. And saynt Iohan verefyeth that he shuld be all dronke with the bloude of the wit∣nesses of Iesu, Apoca. 17. And therfor

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in these feates, hys Byshoppes do but their kyndes.

Thus endeth the lattre examynacyon. The confessyon of her faythe whych Anne Askewe made in Newgate afore she suffered.

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