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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.
John Oecolampadius reporteth,1 how a Prince murdered a good Pastor for preaching of the Gospel, pretending he was in a commotion: he sent a c•uell Gentleman with a number of men to hang this Priest: they came to the Priests house and saluted him: The Priest made them a great banquet, and bad them eat and drink cheerfully: After dinner the Gentleman told his followers they must hang the Priest: They said, God forbid we should do such a crime to hang one that hath entreated us so gently, his good cheer not yet digested in us: The Priest desired them rather to carry him to prison to there Prince, and propounded unto him the gentleness that he had always used to the Gentlemen of the Country in spending his goods to entertain them, and advertised him of the eternal torments which would follow an evil conscience, protesting he had faithfully taught the Gospel, and the cause he had the ill will of some, was for sharply and openly reproving the horrible vices of the Gentlemen: The Gentleman told him he should gain nothing by preaching in such sort, for the Prince had commanded him to hang him, whose favour he would not loose, to save his life, so they put him to death.
Iohn Oecolampadius reporteth,1 how a Prince murdered a good Pastor for preaching of the Gospell, pretending hee was in a commotion: hee sent a c•uell Gentleman with a number of men to hang this Priest: they came to the Priestes house and saluted him: The Priest made them a great banquet, and bad them eate and drinke chéerefully: After dinner the Gentleman told his followers they must hang the Priest: They said, God forbid we should doe such a crime to hang one that hath intreated vs so gently, his good chéere not yet disgested in vs: The Priest desired them rather to carry him to prison to there Prince, and propounded vnto him the gentlenes that he had alwaies vsed to the Gentlemen of the Countrey in spending his goods to entertaine them, and aduertised him of the eternall to•ments which would follow an euill conscience, protesting he had faithfully taught the Gospell, and the cause hee had the ill will of some, was for sharpely and openly reprouing the horrible vices of the Gentlemen: The Gentleman told him he should gaine nothing by preaching in such sort, for the Prince had commaunded him to hang him, whose fauour hee would not loose, to saue his life, so they put him to death.