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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.
You were best sweep them fair from Cobwebs and Dust, or lay them up safe for catching hurt, or bury them in the ground, as you do other aged people which are GODS Images. It is a wonder that Saints being dead should be so covetous, needy, and beggars, which in their life time hated covetousness and begging. I would all the world knew it, With your shroeves and Idols, your feigned Absolutions and Pardons, you draw unto you the wealth and chief pleasures of all Christian Realms. Then a Friar said, Will you not worship the Cross, as Saint Paul saith. God forbid I should rejoice in any thing but in the Cross of Christ. Then did he spread his a••es abroad, and said, This is a very Cross, and much better then your wooden Cross▪ being it was created of GOD himself, yet will not I seek to have it worshipped. Then said the Bishop of London, yet wot you not how he died upon a material Cross? He answered yea; and I wot also that our salvation came not unto us by the material Cross, but alone and only by him ⟨p. 137⟩which dyed thereupon, and well wot I• that Saint Paul rejoiced in none other cross, but in Christs passion and death only, and in his own suffering like persecution with him for his verity. Then another said, Will you then do no honour unto the holy Cross? Yes, it he were mine I would lay him by, least he took harm, and were robbed of his goods, as he is now adays.
You were best sweepe them faire from Cobwebs and Dust, or lay them vp safe for catching hurt, or burie them in the ground, as you doe other aged people which are GODS Images. It is a wonder that Saints beeing dead should bee so couetous, néedie, and beggers, which in their life time hated couetousnesse and begging. I would all the world knew it, With your shroeues and Idols, your fained Absolutions and Pardons, you draw vnto you the wealth and chiefe pleasures of all Christian Realmes. Then a Frier said, Will you not worshippe the Crosse, as Saint Paule saith. God forbid I should reioyce in anie thing but in the Crosse of Christ. Then did hee spread his a••es abroad, and said, This is a very Crosse, and much better then your wodden Crosse▪ beeing it was created of GOD himselfe, yet will not I seeke to haue it worshipped. Then said the Bishoppe of London, yet wot you not how hee died vpon a materiall Crosse? Hee answered yea; and I wot also that our saluation came not vnto vs by the materiall Crosse, but alone and onely by him