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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.
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⟩Monks be like Pharisees, divided in outward apparel and visages: so ye make division amongst the people. Thus you, with such others, are the natural members of Antichrist. Then he said unto them all; Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites, you shut the Kingdom of heaven from others, and enter not your selves, nor suffer any other to enter: you stop up the ways with your traditions, therefore are you the household of Antichrist. You will not let Gods verity to have passage, fearing to have your wickedness reproved by such vain flatterers as uphold your mischiefs: you suffer the common people most miserably to be seduced.
Cobh. Your possessions and Lordships: for there cried an Angell in the ayre, as your owne Chronicles mention, Wo, wo, wo, this day is venome 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 poysoned another, one hath cursed another, and one hath slaine another, and done much more mischiefes, as all the Chronicles •elleth: and if all men consider this well, Christ was meeke and mercifull, the Pope is proude and a tyrant; Christ was poore and forgaue, the Pope rich and a malitious man-slayer; Rome is the neast of Antichrist, and out of that neast proceedeth all the disciples, of whom Prelats, Priests, and Monks are the bodie, and these pill Friers are the taile which couereth his most filthie part. Then a Prior sayed, alackr, that is vncharitably spoken. He answered, it is not only my saying, but the Propet Esayes; Hee that preacheth lies is the tayle. As your Friers and