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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 fourth of March following the Queen sent certain Articles to Bonner to •e speedily put in execution: that the Canons in King Henrys time should be used in England, that none exact any oath of any Ecclesiastical person touching the supremacy, that none, defamed with heresy, he admitted to ecclesiastical benefice or office, that Bishops and other officers diligently travel about for repressing of heresies, unlawful books and ballads, and that School-masters and Preachers teach no evil doctrine; that they deprive all married Priests, except they renounce their wives: but if they return to their wives to be divorced both from wife and benefice: that for want of Priests the parishioners go to the next parish to service or one Curate serve divers places: That processions in Latin be used after the old order: for the observing of Holy days, and Fasting days, that the ceremonies of the Church be restored, that Ministers which were ordered in King Edwards time should be new ordered: that the parishioners be compelled to come to their several Churches: that Schoolmasters be examined and if they be suspected, to place Catholic men in their room, and that they instruct the children to answer the Priest at Mass.
The fourth of March following the Queene sent certaine Articles to Bonner to •e speedily put in execution: that the Canons in King Henries time should be vsed in England, that none exact any oath of any Ecelesiasticall person touching the supremacie, that none, defamed with heresie, he admitted to ecclesiastical benefice or office, that Bishops and other officers diligently trauell about for repressing of heresies, vnlawfull books and ballads, and that Schoole-masters and Preachers teach no euil doctrine; that they depriue all married Priests, except they renounce their wiues: but if they returne to their wiues to bee diuorced both from wife and benefice: that for want of Priests the parishi•ners goe to the next parish to seruice or one Curate serue diuers places: That processions in Latine bee vsed after the old order: for the obseruing of Holy daies, and Fasting daies, that the ceremonies of the Church be restored, that Ministers which were ordered in King Edwards time should be new ordered: that the parishioners bee compelled to come to their seuerall Churches: that Schoolmaisters be examined and if they be suspected, to place Catholick men in their roome, and that they instruct the children to answer the Priest at Masse.