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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 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.
Then the Religion by the Queene so stiffely maintained, did dissolue the politick gouern•ment, and made the peoples opinions so odious, and perillous vnto the Princes estate, that they da•e aff••me that the greatest Subiect in the Land, defendeth those arguments which they doe: yet he said he would not, neither durst without good warranty from his Maiestie, speake his knowledge in the Queenes cause, though many apparant reasons made for him: and such as his duety and zeale to his Maies•ies preseruation would not licence him to conceale, though the vttering thereof through her, and her faction, might be his d•struction and theres which tendred his Maiesties safety, without his Maiestie would be his protector, which if hee would doe, hee with others of his faithfull Councelors, could disclose such Treasons, cloked with heresies, that his Maiestie should cas•ly perceiue, how perilous a matter it is to cherish a Serpent within his owne bosome, and he crept so farre into the King at that time, that he and his fellowes filled the Kings mistrustfull minde, with such feares, that the King gaue them warrant to consult together, about drawing of Articles against the Queene, wherein her life might be touched.