A07225:1671
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.
He was borne at Bristow,1 and gave himself unto the trade of Merchandise, he was sent into Spain by Master Paget, being six and twenty years old, the ship arrived by chance at Lisbon the chief City of Portugal, he tarrying there about merchandise, became a profitable servant to his Master and others, yet he reserved his religion in that popish country: there were also besides him divers good men in the same City, neither lacked he good books nor the conference of good and honest men, to whom he would often bewail his weakness, that he was not sufficiently touched with the hatred of his sins, nor inflamed with the love of godliness.
HEe was borne at Bristow,1 and gaue himselfe vnto the trade of Merchandise, he was sent into Spaine by Master Paget, being sixe and twenty yeares old, the ship arriued by chance at Lishborne the chiefe Citie of Portugall, he tarrying there about merchandise, became a profitable seruant to his Master and others, yet he reserued his religion in that popish countrey: there were also besides him diuers good men in the same Citie, neither lacked he good books nor the conference of good and honest men, to whom he would often bewaile his weakenesse, that he was not sufficiently touched with the hatred of his sinnes, nor inflamed with the loue of godlinesse.
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There was a solemn marriage celebrated between two Princes, the son of the King of […], and the daughter of the King of Spain, to which marriage there was great resort of nobles, and there lacked no Bishops with Mitres, nor Cardinals with Hats, to set out this royal wedding. William Gardner was there when they went forward to the celebrating of the Mass, for that alone did serve for all purposes: the Cardinal did execute it with much singing and Organ-playing: the people stood with great devotion and silence, praying, looking, kneeling, and knocking, their minds fully bent upon the external sacrament, which did grievously prick and moe this young man, to see so many noble personages and others so seduced with this Idolatry, that if the press of people had not hindered him