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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.
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 p•aces 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.
Decius the Emperour raigned but two yeares, and with his sonne, was slaine of the Barbarians; presently God sent a ple•ue 10 yeares together, which made diuerse p•aces desolate, especially where the Persecution most raigned the Christians comforted and ministred vnto their sicke brethren, the Infidels forsooke their neighbours and friends, and left them destitute of succour, vpon this Plague Ciprian wrote his Booke, De mortalitate.
Vibias Gallus▪ and Volusian his son, by treason, succeeded Decius.
Vibias Gallus▪ and Volusian his sonne, by treason, succeeded Decius.
Gallus at the first was quiet, anon after published Edicts against Christians; Cyprian Bishop of Carthage was banished, others were condemned to the Mines, as Nemisianus, Fex, Lucius, with their Bishops, Priests and Deacons▪ to whom, and to Seagrius and Rogatianus Cyprian wrote consolatory Epistles: Lucius Bishop of Rome was banished, whom Cornelius succeeded, but a while after he returned again to his Church, and Stephanus succeeded him, and sate 7. years, 5. month, and died a Martyr, betwixt him end Cyprian fell a contention about rebaptizing of Heretics.