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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 6 › The Proverbs of this Pius.Book 6 › The Prouerbs of this Pius.
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.
After this Pius secundus, succeeded Pope Paulus secundus, who was wholly set upon his belly and ambition, void of all learning, and a hater of all learned men: because his Daughter was reproached, for that she was gotten in fornication Hes went about to reform the Law of the single life of Priests, had not death prevented him.
After this Pius secundus, succeeded Pope Paulus secundus, who was wholly set vpon his belly and ambition, voide of all learning, and a hater of all learned men: because his Daughter was reproched, for that shee was gotten in fornication Hes went about to reforme the Lawe of the single life of Priests, had not death preuented him.
After him succeeded Sixtus the fourth, which builded in Rome Stews of both kinds, and thereby got great Revenues and Rents unto the Church of Rome: He reduced the year of Jubilee from fifty, to five and twenty years: he instituted the Feasts of the Conception, and of the presentation of Mary, and of Anna her Mother and of Joseph; he canonized Bonaventure, and Saint Francis for Saints; he brought in Beads and made our Ladies Psalter, through Alanus and his Order: He made two and thirty Cardinals in his time.
After him succeeded Sixtus the fourth, which builded in Rome Stewes of both kindes, and thereby got great Reuenues and Rents vnto the Church of Rome: He reduced the yeare of Iubile from fifty, to fiue and twenty yeares: hee instituted the Feasts of the Conception, and of the presentation of Mary, and of Anna her Mother and of Ioseph; he canonized Bonauenture, and Saint Francis for Saints; he brought in Beades and made our Ladies Psalter, through Alanus and his Order: He made two and thirty Cardinals in his time.
Petrus Ruerius was the first, who in two years spent in luxurious riot 200000. Florins, and was left six thousand in debt: This Pope licensed the whole Family of the Cardinals to play the Sodomites the three hot months; June, July, and August.