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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.
Galerius threatening the Christians in Antioch, Romanus a Noble man encouraged them he was strangely tormented, he required the Tyrant that a child should be presented unto him, he asked the child whether it was •ore reasonable to serve one God rather th•n •umerable; the Child answered the Tyrant, that one God was to be worshipped; the Tyrant scourged the Child, and pulled off the skin of his head, the mother being by, exhorted the Child to patience, the Child was beheaded, and Romanus cast in the fire, which when it would not burn him, he was ••angled in prison.
Galerius threatning the Christians in Antioch, Romanus a Noble man encouraged them he was strangely tormented, he requ•red the Tyrant that a childe should be presented vnto him, he asked the childe whether it was •ore reason•ble to serue one God rath•r th•n •umerable; the Childe answered the Tyrant, that one God was to be worshipped; the Tyrant scourged the Childe, and pulled off the skinne of his head, the mother being by, exhorted the Childe to patience, the Childe was beheaded, and Romanus cast in the fire, which when it would not burne him, hee was ••angled in prison.
Gordius a Centurion lived in the Desert a long time, but at a •eest of Mars he got upon the highest p•ace of the Theatre, and uttered himself to all the people to be a Christian; after many torments, he was •urned. Menas likewise▪ a Soldier, confessed himself a Christian in Colis, and after diverse torments, wa beheaded.