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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.
The Officials of the Arch-bishops for the most part are unlearned men and of evil conditions, taking thought for nothing but money, where they ought to correct the offences of the Laity, they burden them with most grievous offences, and spoil and rob them of their goods.
The Officialls of the Arch-bishops for the most part are vnlearned men and of euill conditions, taking thought for nothing but money, where they ought to correct the offences of the Laity, they burthen them with most grieuous offences, and spoyle and robbe them of their goods.
When causes belonging to the temporal Court are handled in the Spiritual Court, the Ecclesiastical Judges will by no means be entreated to remit them to their ordinary Jurisdiction, but if the Temporal Court ho•d any Play which belongeth to the Spiritual Court, the Judge shall be excommunicated, they say they may take profane matters into their hands if the civill Magistrate be negligent in executing justice, but contrariwise they will not suffer that the like order shall be kept with them by the civill Magistrate if they be negligent, and for their unsatiable desire of money, they suffer and maintain usury, and they take yearly pensions to suffer the Clergy unlawfully to dwell with their Concubines and beget children by them, this none can deny except he will make himself as blind as a mole, and if a man and his wife be long one from another by reason of war or otherwise, the Officials for money will suffer them to commit adultery, calling it sufferance; not without great offence and contempt of matrimony.
When causes belonging to the temporall Court are handled in the Spirituall Court, the Eclesiasti•all Iudges will by no meanes be intreated to remit them to their ordinary Iurisdiction, but if the Temporall Court ho•d any Pley which belongeth to the Spirituall Court, the Iudge shall be excommunicated, they say they may take prophane matters into their hands if the ciuill Magistrate bee negligent in executing iustice, but contrariwise they will not suffer that the like order shall be kept with them by the ciuill Magistrate if they be negligent, and for their vnsatiable desire of money, they suffer and mainetaine vsury, and they take yearely pensions to suffer the Cleargy vnlawfully to dwell with their Concubines and beget children by them, this none can deny except hee will make himselfe as blinde as a mole, and if a man and his wife bee long one from another by reason of warre or otherwise, the Officialls for money will suffer them to commit adultery, calling it sufferace; not without great offence and contempt of matrimony.