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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 tenth Persecution.
Whilst Diocletian abstained from Persecuting, he obtained diverse victories, and being proud thereof, he would be worshipped as a God, calling himself brother of the Sun and Moon, enjoined the people to kiss his feet, and in the 19. year of his reign he moved Persecution, he commanded the Churches of Christians to be destroyed, and the Scriptures to be burned; put Christians from Magistracy, and constrained them with torments to offer to Idols.
VVHilst Dioclesian abstained from Persecuting, he obtained diuerse victories, and being proud thereof, he would be worshipped as a God, calling himselfe brother of the Sunne and Moone, inioyned the people to kisse his feete, and in the 19. yeare of his raigne he moued Persecution, he commaunded the Churches of Christians to be destroyed, and the Scriptures to be burned; put Christians from Magistracie, and constrained them with torments to offer to Idols.
After the Proclamation of the Edict, a Noble-man, a Christian openly rent it in pieces, for which act he was put to most bitter death.