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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 she commanded her Ladies to convey away her Books which were against the Law, and then she went to the King: he courteously welcomed her, and entered into talk of Religion, seeming desirous to be resolved of the Queen of certain doubts.
Then shee commanded her Ladies to conuay away her Bookes which were against the Law, and then she went to the King: he courteously welcomed her, and entred into talke of Religion, séeming desirous to be resolued of the Queene of certaine doubts.
The Queen perceiving to what purpose this his talk tended, your Majesty ⟨p. 211⟩doth well know (quoth she) and I am not ignorant of what great weakness by our first Creation is allotted to us women, to be subject unto man as our head: from which head all our direction must proceed, and as God made man after his own Image, that being endued with more special gifts of perfection, might be stirred to meditate heavenly things, and obey his commandments, so he made woman of man, of whom, and by whom, she is to be commanded and governed, whose womanly weakness ought to be tolerated and aided, that by his wisdom such things as be lacking in her might be supplied: Therefore your Majesty being so excellent in ornaments of wisdom, and I so much inferior in all respects of Nature: Why doth your Majesty in such defuse causes of Religion require my Judgement, which when I have uttered & said, what I can, yet I must and will refer my Judgement in this and all causes to your Majesties wisdom, as my only Anchor, supreme head, and the governor here in earth next unto God.
The Queene perceiuing to what purpose this his talke tended, your Maiestie ⟨p. 211⟩doth well know (quoth shee) and I am not ignorant of what great weaknesse by our first Creation is allotted to vs women, to bee subiect vnto man as our head: from which head all our direction must proceed, and as God made man after his own Image, that being indued with more speciall gifts of perfection, might bee stirred to meditate heauenly things, and obay his commandements, so he made woman of man, of whom, and by whom, she is to bee commanded and gouerned, whose womanly weaknesse ought to bee tolerated and ayded, that by his wisedome such things as be lacking in her might be supplied: Therefore your Maiestie being so excellent in ornaments of wisedome, and I so much inferiour in all respects of Nature: Why doth your Maiestie in such defuse causes of Religion require my Iudgement, which when I haue vttered & said, what I can, yet I must and will referre my Iudgement in this and all causes to your Maiesties wisedome, as my onely Anker, supreme head, and the gouernor heere in earth next vnto God.