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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 History touching the Persecutions in Scotland: Dean, Thomas Forret.
The History touching the Persecutions in Scotland: Deane, Thomas Forret.
This Dean, Thomas Forret, preached every Sunday in his parish upon the Epistle and Gospel, which was novelty in Scotland to see any preach but the Black Friar, or the Grey. Wherefore the Friars envied him, and accused him to the Bishop of Donkelden as an heretic, which showed the mysteries of the Scripture unto the vulgar people, to make the Clergy detestable: The Bishop sending for him said: my Joy, Dean Thomas, I leve you well, • am informed you preach the Epistle and Gospel every Sunday, and that you take not the Cow for mortuary, nor the upper Cloth for Chrisom of your parishioners, which is very prejudicial to the Church men: My joy Dean Thomas, take your Cow and your upper Cloth, and preach not every Sunday, for in so doing, you will make the people think we should preach likewise: But when you find a good Epistle or a good Gospel that setteth forth the liberty of the Church, preach that and let the rest be.
THis Deane, Thomas Forret, preached euery Sunday in his parish vpon the Epistle and Gospell, which was nouel•y in Scotland to see any preach but the Black Fri•r, or the Gray. Wherefore the Friers enuied him, and accused him to the Bishop of Donkelden as an heretick, which shewed the mysteries of the Scripture vnto the vulgar people, to make the Clergy detestable: The Bishop sending for him said: my Ioy, Deane Thomas, I leue you well, am informed you preach the Epistle and Gospel euery Sunday, and that you take not the Cow for mortuarie, nor the vpper Cloth for Crisome of your parishioners, which is very preiudiciall to the Church men: My ioy Deane Thomas, take your Cow and your vpper Cloth, and preach not euery Sunday, for in so doing, you will make the people thinke we should preach likewise: But when you finde a good Epistle or a good Gospell that setteth forth the lbertie of the Church, preach that and let the rest be.