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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.
Diocletian began with his Camp, willed the Christians to lay away their weapons, and give over their charges, which they did willingly. At Tyre there were Christians given to cruel beasts: preserved miraculously, though they were kept hungry of purpose; they raged against those that brought the Christians, and devoured them they could catch, therefore they were beheaded, and cast into the Sea.
Dioclesian began with his Campe, willed the Christians to lay away their weapons, and giue ouer their charges, which they did willingly. At Tyre there were Christians giuen to cruell beasts: preserued miracul•usly, though they were kept hungry of purpose; they raged against those that brought the Christians, and deuoured them they could catch, therefore they were beheaded, and cast into the Sea.
At that time was Martyred the Bishop of Sidon, but Silvanus Bishop of Gazen••s, with 39. others, were slain in the Mettie-mines; thou Pamphilius an Elder, and the glory of the Church of Caesarea, whom Eusebius writeth of, was Martyred. All the Bishops and Teachers in Syria were imprisoned; Tyrannion thrown to fishes, Arnobius a Physician, slain with brickbats, some drowned themselves rather then they would worship Idols, Silvanus Bishop of Emissa, with others were thrown to wild beasts.
At that time was Martyred the Bishop of Sidon, but Siluanus Bishop of Gazen••s, with 39. others, were slaine in the Mettie-mines; thon Pamphilius an Elder, and the glory of the Church of Cesaria, whom Eusebius writeth of, was Martyred. All the Bishops and Teachers in Syria were imprisoned; Tyrannion throwne to fishes, Arnobius a Physition, slaine with brickbats, some drowned themselues rather then they would worship Idols, Siluanus Bishop of Emissa, with others were throwne to wilde beasts.