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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.
In the year 1519. news was brought to Pope Leo at supper, that the Frenchmen ⟨p. 160⟩were driven out of Italy, he rejoicing said God hath given me three things, I returned from banishment with glory to Florence, I have deserved to be called Apostolic, and thereby I have driven the Frenchmen out of Italy, as soon as he had spoken he was stricken with a sudden fever and dyed shortly after.
In the yeare 1519. newes was brought to Pope Leo at supper, that the Frenchmen ⟨p. 160⟩were driuen out of Italy, hee reioycing said God hath giuen me thrée things, I returned from banishment with glory to Florence, I haue deserued to bee called Apostolike, and thereby I haue driuen the Frenchmen out of Italy, as soone as he had spoken hee was stricken with a suddaine feuer and dyed shortly after.
What Godly man hath there ever been for this five hundred years, either virtuously disposed or excellently learned, which hath not disproved the misordered and corrupt examples of the Sea and Bishop of Rome from time to time until the coming of Luther, yet none ever could prevail before the coming of this man, the cause to be supposed is this, other men spake but against the pomp, pride, whoredom, and avarice of the Pope, Luther went further with him, charged him with his Doctrine, not picking at the rind, but plucking up the root, charging him with plain Heresy, as resisting against the blood of Christ, for whereas the Gospel leadeth us to be justified only by the worthiness of Christ and his blood, the Pope teacheth us to seek our salvation by mans merits, and deservings by works, whereupon rose all the Religious sects, some professing one thing, some another, every man seeking his own righteousness▪ but Luther opened the eyes of many which before were drowned in darkness, to behold that glorious benefit, of the great liberty & free justification set up in Christ Jesus, but the more glorious this benefit appeared to the world, the greater persecution followed the same, and where the Elect took most comfort of salvation, the adversaries took most vexation, according as Christ said, I came not to send peace but a sword, therefore so great persecutions in all the world followed after Luther, but in no place more then in England as shall be declared.