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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
Book 5 › ¶The Councell of Basel.Book 5 › ¶The Councell of Basell.
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¶The Council of Basel.
¶The Councell of Basell.
THE Council of Basel began,1 which was most troublesome, and endured longer then any other Council, almost 17. years, wherein was concluded, as in the Council of Constance, that the general Council was above the Pope. Unto this Council came the Emperor Sigismund. Pope Martin dyed after he had summoned ⟨p. 138⟩This Council, and Eugenius the 4. succeeded Pope, who would have drawn the Council unto Bonony from Basel, pretending the Greeks would come to the Council, and be united to the west Church, and that they would not pass the Alps. And he cited the Fathers of the Council unto Bonony, and they cited him again to be at the Council, or his Ambassadors: Whereupon sprung a doubtful question amongst the Divines some held the Pope an Heretic, because he had contemned the commandment of the Church; others▪ that he was an Heretic and relapse, and upon long arguments, contentions, and fallings out, and when by no means •e would allow the Council of Basel, he was deprived by the Council, and Amedeus Duke of Sau•y chosen Pope.
THE Councell of Basell began,1 which was most troublesome, and endured longer then any other Councell, almost 17. yeares, wherein was concluded, as in the Councell of Constance, that the generall Councell was aboue the Pope. Unto this Councell came the Emperour Sygismund. Pope Martin dyed after he had summoned