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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.
THIS Story following, and that before confuteth the vain opinion of some, that this Religion now used, hath risen but twenty or thirty years since, and manifesteth that it hath been spread in England this 220. years, and often sparkled before that time, although it flamed not so as it hath done within this 100. years and more, w•o although they were not so strongly armed in their cause, as of late years, yet were they warriors in Christs Church, and although they gave back for tyranny, yet Judge the best, and refer the cause to God, who evealeth all things according to his determinate will and time, there hath bin no realm more fertile for Martyrs then England. Oxford was as a continual spr•ng of Christian knowledge whence, as out of the Trojan horse, hath come so many invincible witnesses of the truth, amongst whom William Taylor, Master of […], hath not deserved the least praise, being a favourer of Wycliffe▪ who because he had written certain things against the invocation of saints, and many other matters, after he had recanted nine articles, returned unto th• right way, and with a marvellous constancy, […] bu••t in Smithfield the 7 of March.
THIS Storie following, and that before confuteth the vaine opinion of some, that this Religion now vsed, hath risen but twentie or thirtie yeares since, and manifesteth that it hath béene spred in England this 220. yeares, and often sparkled before that time, although it flamed not so as it hath done within this 100. yeares and more, w•o although they were not so strongly armed in their cause, as of late yeares, yet were they warriours in Christs Church, and although they gaue back for tyranny, yet Iudge the best, and referre the cause to God, who euealeth all things according to his determinate will and time, there hath bin no realme more fertile for Marters then England. Oxford was as a continuall spr•ng of Christian knowledge whence, as out of the Troiane horse, hath come so many inuincible wit•esses of the truth, amongst whom William Taylor, Master of 〈…〉, hath not deserued the least praise, being a fauorer of Wickliffe▪ who because he had written cerain things against the inuocation of saints, and many other matters, after he had recanted nine articles, returned vnto th right way, and with a maruellous constancie, but in Smithfield the 7 of March.