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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.
He held in contempt the seditious Doctors of that time, as Monetarius and the Anabaptists, but especially the hor•ed Bishops of Rome, who arrogantly affirmed that Saint Peter had not only the charge to teach the Gospel, but to govern common-weals.
He held in contempt the seditious Doctors of that time, as Monetarius and the Anabaptists, but especially the hor•ed Bishops of Rome, who arrogantly affirmed that Saint Peter had not onely the charge to teach the Gospell, but to gouerne common-weales.
In the year of our Lord one thousand five hundred and one and twenty,1 Luther entered into Worms being sent for by the Emperor Charles the fifth King of Spain, and Arch-Duke of Austria, who in the first year of his Empire made an assembly of Princes in his regal City. And whereas Luther had published three years before, certain new propositions to be disputed on at Wittenberg, against the tyranny of the Pope, which were torn in pieces and burned by the Papists. Whereupon, they began to tend to uproar, and yet Luther maintained openly his cause against the Clergy: Whereupon by the solicitation of the Romaine Legates, LUTHER was sent for by the Herald of Arms, with Letters of safe conduct by the Emperor and Princes: whereupon he came as before ⟨p. 157⟩and was visited of many Earls, Barons, Knights, Gentlemen, Priests and the Commonalty, who frequented his lodging until night.
In the yeare of our Lord one thousand fiue hundred and one and twenty,1 Luther entred into Wormes being sent for by the Emperour Charles the fift King of Spaine, and Arch-Duke of Austrich, who in the first yeare of his Empire made an assembly of Princes in his regall Citie. And whereas Luther had published three yéeres before, certaine new propositions to be disputed on at Wittenberge, against the tyrannie of the Pope, which were torne in péeces and burned by the Papistes. Wherevpon, they began to tend to vprore, and yet Luther maintained openly his cause against the Clergy: Wherevpon by the solicitation of the Romaine Legates, LVTHER was sent for by the Herauld of Armes, with Letters of safe conduct by the Emperour and Princes: wherevpon hee came as before