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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.
At this time rose the heresy of Novatus, he disturbed Cyprian Bishop of Carthage, and Cornelius Bishop of Rome, he was assisted with Maximus, Urbanus, Sidonius, and Celerius, but they forsook him: after he allured three simple Bishops in tally to lay their hands on him to make him Bishop of Rome, with Cornelius, whom by all means he sought to defeat, and made the people that came to receive the Eucharist▪ swea•e they would stand with him.
At this time rose the heresie of Nouatus, he disturbed Cyprian Bishop of Carthage, and Cornelius Bishop of Rome, he was assisted with Maximus, Vrbanus, Sidonius, and Celerius, but they forsooke him: after he allured three simple Bishops in •taly to lay their hands on him to make him Bishop of Rome, with Coruelius, whom by all meanes he sought to defeate, and made the people that came to receiue the Eucharist▪ swea•e they would stand with him.
Two young men, Aurelius, which was twice tormented, and Mapalicus in the middest of his torments, told the Proconsul, to morrow you shall see the running for a wager, meaning his Martyrdom.
Two young men, Aurelius, which was twise tormented, and Mapalicus in the middest of his torments, told the Proconsull, to morrow you shall see the running for a wager, meaning his Ma•tyrdome.
Decius the Emperor reigned but two years, and with his son, was slain of the Barbarians; presently God sent a ple•ue 10 years together, which made diverse paces desolate, especially where the Persecution most reigned the Christians comforted and ministered unto their sick brethren, the Infidels forsook their neighbours and friends, and left them destitute of succour, upon this Plague Cyprian wrote his Book, De mortalitate.