A07225:1626
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.
Fifthly because Priests be men dedicated to God to celebrate the blessed sacraments and preaching of Gods word, we will that they shall li•e chaste without marriage.
Fiftly because Priests be men dedicated to God to celebrate the blessed sacraments and preaching of Gods word, wee will that they shall li•e chast without marriage.
Sixthly we will the six Articles shall stand in force.
Sixtly we will the sixe Articles shall stand in force.
To which Articles the King did particularly answer and set forth reasons against them in writing, and showed that he would spend his life and all that he had to maintain the Godly reformation which was begun, yet he offered them pardon if they would desist from the deceitful counsel of the seekers of dissension who sought for nothing else but to und•e them, their wives and children: and if they would not be moved to repentance with his fatherly kindness showed unto them, he would proceed against them as against the Heathen with force and Arms.
To which Articles the King did particularly answer and set forth reasons against them in writing, and shewed that he would spend his life and all that hee had to maintaine the Godly reformation which was begun, yet hee offred them pardon if they would desist from the deceitfull counsell of the séekers of dissention who sought for nothing els but to vnd•e them, their wiues and children: and if they would not be moued to repentance with his fatherly kindnes shewed vnto them, hee would procéed against them as against the Heathen with force and Armes.