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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 Persecution of certain in the town of Perth.
The Persecution of certaine in the towne of Perth.
There was an Act of Parliament in the government of the Earle of Arran, giving privilege to read the scriptures in their mother tongue, but secluding all conference thereof, whereby y• eyes of the elect of God, were opened to see the truth, and abhor Papistical abominations, at which time Fryer Spencer preached, that Prayers made to Saints were necessary, and without it no hope of salvation: Then Robert Lamb, a Burges of Perth, accused him op•nl• in the Church of erroneous Doctrine, and adjured him in Gods name to utter the truth, whereupon trouble and tumult of people arose, so that the said Robert with great danger of his life escaped, even the Women addressed themselves to great cruelty against him.
THere was an Act of Parliament in the gouernment of the Earle of Arrai, giuing priuilege to reade the scriptures in their mother tongue, but secluding al conference thereof, wherby y• eyes of the elect of God, were opened to sée the tru•h, and abhorre Papisticall abhominations, at which time Fryer Spencer preached, that Prayers made to Saints were necessary, and without it no hope of saluation: Then Robert Lambe, a Burges of Perth, accused him op•nl• in the Church of erronious Doctrine, and adiured him in Gods name to vtter the truth, whereupon trouble and tumul• of people arose, so that the said Robert with great danger of his life escaped, euen the Women addressed themselues to great cruelty against him.