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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
To the reader: THE EPISTLE UNTO THE RBADER.To the reader: THE EPISTLE VNTO THE RBADER.
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.
Touching his outward seat, Revel. 17. 18. it is the City that then did reign over the Kings of the earth, which was Rome: the place is also described in the ninth verse, to be compassed about with seven mountains. This Book shall prove that Rome hath seven mountains about it. In the same verse, this City hath had five kings that were then fallen, another King did reign, which was the Emperor, when the Revelation was made, and another was to come afterward. This book shall teach thee, that the seven Kings signify seven manner of Governments in Rome, of which five was fallen, the Emperor then reigned, and after the Pope should reign there: so the Holy Ghost hath pointed out Rome, as plainly as can be, the place of Antichrists Kingdom.
Touching his outward seate, Reuel. 17. 18. it is the Citie that then did raigne ouer the Kings of the earth, which was Rome: the place is also described in the ninth verse, to be compassed about with seuen mountaines. This Booke shall proue that Rome hath seuen mountaines about it. In the same verse, this Citie hath had fiue kings that were then falne, another King did raign, which was the Emperour, when the Reuelation was made, and another was to come afterward. This book shall teach thee, that the seuen Kings signifie seuen maner of Gouernments in Rome, of which fiue was falne, the Emperour then raigned, and after the Pope should raigne there: so the Holy Ghost hath pointed out Rome, as plainly as can be, the place of Antichrists Kingdome.
Touching his inward or spiritual seat, S. Paul 2. Thess. 2. 24. saith, He sitteth as God in the Temple of God: Antichrist signifieth an adversary of Christ; and if it had bin meant of the Turk, or any other adversary that did not profess Christianity, he might easily be seen without so many revelations: but he is, according to the description of a false Prophet, Mat. 7. 15. a most grievous Wolfe to Christs Lambs, and yet so covered with a sheeps skin, that it is impossible to know him without the spirit of God. Outwardly he seemeth to be a good tree, but his fruit is nothing but thorns and thistles to destroy Gods children.