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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
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That it is intolerable to the Germans to pay so great A•mats for the confirmation of the Bishops and Arch-bishops, where the Arch-bishop of Ments was wont to pay but 10000. Florins for his confirmation, It was after augmented to 20000. Florins, then to 25000. Florins, and at last to 27000. Florins: And in one Popes time, this was seven times paid out of the Arch-bishopric of Ments, ⟨p. 149⟩that the Arch-bishop hath been fain to borrow it of Merchants, and to pay them again, forced to exact a Subsidy upon his poor Husbandmen, so that our people are brought to extreme poverty, and moved to rebellion to seek their liberty, grievously murmuring against the Clergy. James, Arch-bishop of Ments said at his death, he was sorry for nothing, as for that his poor Subjects should after his death be forced again to pay a grievous exaction for the Pall: therefore let the Pope, as a godly Father, deal more favourably with his Children the Germans, least men follow the example of the Bohemians, and swerve from him, especially let him be more favourable unto the Bishops, that die so soon one after another: whereof there be fifty Bishoprics, besides many Abbots in Germany that are confirmed at Rome, otherwise Germany will want treasure and Munition of war against their enemies, and to preserve peace, and minister Justice to every man, and banish away murderers and thieves, and repair Churches and Monasteries and Hospitals, and other necessaries.
That it is intollerable to the Germaines to pay so great A•mats for the confirmation of the Byshops and Arch-bishops, where the Arch-bishop of Ments was wont to pay but 10000. Florens for his confirmation, It was after augmented to 20000. Florens, then to 25000. Florens, and at last to 27000. Florens: And in one Popes time, this was seauen times paid out of the Arch-bishopprick of Ments, ⟨p. 149⟩that the Arch-bishop hath beene faine to borrow it of Marchants, and to pay them againe, forced to exact a Subsidy vpon his poore Husbandmen, so that our people are brought to extreame pouerty, and mooued to rebellion to seeke their libertie, greeuously murmuring against the Cleargy. Iames, Arch-byshop of Ments said at his death, he was sorry for nothing, as for that his poore Subiects should after his death be forced againe to pay a greeuous exaction for the Pall: therefore let the Pope, as a godly Father, deale more fauourably with his Children the Germaines, least men follow the example of the Bohemians, and swarue from him, especially let him be more fauorable vnto the Bishops, that die so soone one after another: whereof there be fiftie Bishoppricks, besides many Abbots in Germany that are confirmed at Rome, otherwise Germany will want treasure and Munition of warre against their enemies, and to preserue peace, and minister Iustice to euerie man, and banish away murderers and theeues, and repaire Churches and Monasteries and Hospitals, and other necessaries.