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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.
Although there have been many Women which have followed their spouse Christ by torments, banishment, and death; yet the first that cometh to our hands, is Elinor Cobham, a Woman, nothing degenerating from her stock, ⟨p. 147⟩kindred and name, albeit we can find no other thing of her but for suspicion of heresy, that is to say, for the love and desire of the truth, she was by the papists banished into the I•e of Man, whom a few years after there followed a woman, who for her constancy and virtue was greatly to be praised, being mother of the Lady Yong, 1she persevered unto the fire with a stout and manly courage, for the profession of the Gospel, and was burned.
Although there haue beene many Women which haue followed their spouse Christ by torments, banishment, and death; yet the first that commeth to our handes, is Elinor Cobham, a Woman, nothing degenerating from her stocke, ⟨p. 147⟩kindred and name, albeit wee can finde no other thing of her but for suspition of heresie, that is to say, for the loue and desire of the truth, she was by the papists banished into the I•e of Man, whom a fewe yeares after there followed a woman, who for her constancy and vertue was greatly to be praised, being mother of the Lady Yong, 1she perseuered vnto the fire with a stout and manly courage, for the profession of the Gospel, and was burned.
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Hieronimus Savonarola, being singularly well learned, and a Monk in Italy preached sore against the evil life of the spirituality, especially of his own order, saying they were the springs of all mischiefs, and by the help of certain learned men, began to seek reformation in his own order.