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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.
¶The ninth Persecution.
AS Aurelianus was subscribing the Edict against Christians,1 he was terrified with ••ghtning▪ and about the 6. year of his reign was slain, yet Vincentius and Orosius reckon up a great number of Martyrs which suffered under him in France and Italy.
AS Aurelianus was subscribing the Edict against Christians,1 he was terrified with ••ghtning▪ and about the 6. yeare of his raigne was slaine, yet Vincentius and Orosius reckon vp a great number of Martyres which suffered vnder him in Fraunce and Italy.
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Publius Annins Tacitus succeeded Aurelianus, and reigned 6. months; his brother ⟨p. 14⟩Florianus succeeded him 60. days. Marcus Aurelius succeeded him, surnamed Probus; he moved no Persecution: after he had reigned 6 years, 4. Months, because, by reason of Peace, he had no work for his Soldiers, therefore he was slain. Carus with his two Sons, Carinus and Numerianus succeeded him 3. years Numerianus kil Cerillus, for not suffering him to enter into the congregation of the Christians, he being their Bishop; he was slain of his Father. Diocletian succeeded; until the 19. year of his reign the Church was quiet, which quietness had endured 44. years; the Church grew mightily, and the chief of them in favour with the Emperor, were Derotheus and Gorgotheus, and diverse moe. The Church began to were wanton with Peace, and to build large Churches, but their dissoluteness brought on them the tenth persecution.