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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.
Christ said indeed unto him, woe unto him for that covetous act of his, as he doth yet still to many of you; for since the venom was shed in the Church, you never followed Christ, neither were perfect in his law.
Christ said indéed vnto him, woe vnto him for that couetous act of his, as he doth yet still to many of you; for since the venom was shed in the Church, you neuer followed Christ, neither were perfit in his law.
Archb. What mean you by that venom?
Archb. What meane you by that venom?
Cobh. Your possessions and Lordships: for there cried an Angel in the air, as your own Chronicles mention, Woe, woe, woe, this day is venom shed into the Church. Before that time almost all the Bishops were Martyrs, and few since; but since that time one hath put down another, one hath poisoned another, one hath cursed another, and one hath slain another, and done much more mischiefs, as all the Chronicles •elleth: and if all men consider this well, Christ was meek and merciful, the Pope is proud and a tyrant; Christ was poor and forgave, the Pope rich and a malicious man-slayer; Rome is the nest of Antichrist, and out of that nest proceedeth all the disciples, of whom Prelates, Priests, and Monks are the body, and these pill• Friars are the tail which covereth his most filthy part. Then a Prior said, alack••r, that is uncharitably spoken. He answered, it is not only my saying, but the Prophet Esayes; He that preacheth lies is the tail. As your Friars and ⟨p. 136⟩