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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.
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.
Gallus at the first was quiet, anone 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 hee returned againe to his Church, and Stephanus succéeded him, and sate 7. yeares, 5. monethe, and died a Martyre, betwixt him end Cyprian fell a contention about rebaptizing of Hereticks.
Emilianus slew the former Emperors, and succeeded himself, after 3. months he was slain, and Valerius and Galienus his son succeeded him.
Emilianus slew the former Emperours, and succéeded himselfe, after 3. moneths he was slaine, and Valerius and Galienus his sonne succeeded him.