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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
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Then the Bishop showed a mislike that the Queen would so much forget her self to stand in Argument with his Majesty, whose Judgement and Divinity he extolled to his face above Princes of that and other ages, and of ⟨p. 210⟩Doctors professed in Divinity, and that it was unseemly for any of his Subjects to argue with him so malapertly, and that it was grievous to all his Counsellors and Servants to hear the same: inferring how perilous it hath ever been for a Prince to suffer such insolent words of a Subject, who as they are bold against their Sovereigns words, so they want not will but strength to overthwart them in deeds.
Then the Bishop shewed a mislike that the Queene would so much forget her selfe to stand in Argument with his Maiestie, whose Iudgement and Di•initie hee extolled to his face aboue Princes of that and other ages, and of ⟨p. 210⟩Doctors professed in Diuinitie, and that it wss vnseemely for any of his Subiects to argue with him so malapertly, and that it was gréeuous to all his Councelors and Seruants to heare the same: inferring how perilous it hath euer been for a Prince to suffer such insolent words of a Subiect, who as they are bold against their Soueraignes words, so they want not will but strength to ouerthwart them in deeds.
Then the Religion by the Queen so stiffly maintained, did dissolve the politic government, and made the peoples opinions so odious, and perilous unto the Princes estate, that they da•e aff••me that the greatest Subject in the Land, defendeth those arguments which they do: yet he said he would not, neither durst without good warranty from his Majesty, speak his knowledge in the Queens cause, though many apparent reasons made for him: and such as his duty and zeal to his Majesties preservation would not licence him to conceal, though the uttering thereof through her, and her faction, might be his destruction and theirs which tendered his Majesties safety, without his Majesty would be his protector, which if he would do, he with others of his faithful Counsellors, could disclose such Treasons, cloaked with heresies, that his Majesty should costly perceive, how perilous a matter it is to cherish a Serpent within his own bosom, and he crept so far into the King at that time, that he and his fellows filled the Kings mistrustful mind, with such fears, that the King gave them warrant to consult together, about drawing of Articles against the Queen, wherein her life might be touched.