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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 1 › Persecution 7: ¶The seventh Persecution.Book 1 › Persecution 7: ¶The seauenth Persecution.
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.
Amnon Zenon, Ptolomeus, Ingenius Soldiers, and an old man Theophilus, they seeing a Christian fearing to confess his Faith, encouraged him by signs and being noted and ready to be taken; they pressed to the Tribunal Seat, and confessed themselves to be Christians; whereat the Judges and their Assistants were greatly amazed, and the Christians emboldened, and they departed glad for the testimony they had given. Ischrion often moved of his Master to do Sacrifice, and refusing, he run him through with a spear.
Amnon Zenon, Ptolomeus, Ingenius Souldiers, and an old man Theophilus, they séeing a Christian fearing to confesse his Faith, incouraged him by signes and being noted and ready to be taken; they pressed to the Tribunall Seate, and confessed themselues to be Christians; whereat the Iudges and their Assistants were greatly amased, and the Christians imboldened, and they departed glad for the testimony they had giuen. Ischrion often moued of his Master to doe Sacrifice, and refusing, he runne him through with a speare.
In this time many wandered in wilderness, suffered hunger, cold, danger of wild beasts. Clerimon Bishop of Nilus, an old man, with his wife, flying to the mountain of Arabia, could never be found again.
In this time many wandred in wildernesse, suffered hunger, colde, danger of wilde beasts. Clerimon Bishop of Nilus, an olde man, with his wife, flying to the mountaine of Arabia, could neuer be found againe.
Dionysius Alexandrinus suffered much affliction, and had strange deliverances. First, the messenger was struck•n blind & could not find his house, after which three days, God had him fly; after, coming to Jerusalem, he was taken, the Keeper was from home when he was brought to Prison, and the Keeper returning home and finding diverse run away, he ran away himself, and told the matter to one he met going to a Marriage, who told it to them at the wedding, who in the night rushed towards the prisoners with great shouting, they that kept the prisoners were afraid and left them, then the company willed them to depart, and they tke Dionysius, set him upon an Ass, and conveyed him away.