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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
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The Bishops would not come but sent their Divines: then the disputation was begun by Swinglius, Oecolampadius, Bucer, Capito, Blaurer, and divers others defended the Conclusions. Amongst others, Conrado Treger an Austine Fryer of great fame impugned them: who at last when he sought for help besides the Scriptures the Masters of the Disputations would not suffer him so to do: Wherefore he departed out of the place, the disputations ended, the foresaid conclusions were approved, by the common consent of the most part, and were ratified & observed in Ber•e, and proclaimed by the Magistrate in sundry places thereabouts: and Masses, Altars, and Images abolished in all places, and immediately after was the like reformation at Constance, and after at Geneva.
The Bishops would not come but sent their Diuines: then the disputation was begun by Swinglius, Oecolampadius, Bucer, Capito, Blaurer, and diuers others defended the Conclusions. Amongst others, Conrado Treger an Austine Fryer of great fame impugned them: who at last when hee sought for help besides the Scriptures the Masters of the Disputations would not suffer him so to doe: Wherefore hee departed out of the place, the disputations ended, the foresaid conclusions were approued, by the common consent of the most part, and were ratified & obserued in Ber•e, and proclaimed by the Magistrate in sundry places thereabouts: and Masses, Altars, and Images abolished in all places, and immediately after was the like reformation at Constance, and after at Geneua.
Pope Clem: 7. in this year conspired with the Venetians, & raised a great army, and proclaimed war against the Emperor about the possession of Italy: the Emperor sent his army to Milan, & took the City & Castle; marching towards Rome, took it & spoiled it, & besieged Pope Clement, with his Cardinals in mount Adrian, and took the pope, who could not be ransomed under 40000. Florins: This Pope bare great hatred against the Family of the Columni, because it was imperial, and threatened the Cardinal thereof to take away his Cardinals hat, who answered, ⟨p. 169⟩