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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.
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 t••ke Dionysius, set him upon an Ass, and conveyed him away.
Dionisius Alexandrinus suffered much a•fl•ction, and had strange deliuerances. First, the messenger was struck•n blinde & could not finde his house, after which three daies, God had him flye; after, comming to Ierusalem, he was taken, the Keeper was from home when he was brought to Prison, and the Keeper returning home and finding diuerse runne away, he ranne away himselfe, and tolde the matter to one he met going to a Mariage, who tolde it to them at the wedding, who in the night rushed towards the pri•oners with great shouting, they that kept the prisoners were afraid and left them, then the company willed them to depart, and they t••ke Dionisius, set him vpon an Asse, and conueyed him away.
In this time suffered one Christopherus a Canaanite, 12. cubits high; also Meneates a Florentine, and Agatha a holy virgin in Sicily, who suffered imprisonment, was beaten, racked, famished, railed on, tormented with sharp shells and […] co•es, and her breasts were cut from her body. Amongst others also suffered 40. virgins by diverse kinds of deaths; Triphon a very holy and constant man of Nice, after much torments, suffered death by the sword.