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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 Cardinal made a long Oration, showing first how this Realm had ever been forward to receive Religion: first in the time of the Britons, and then in the time of the Saxons, and that the means came from Rome, in the Faith of which Church we have ever since continued; and showed what devotion this Island hath had to Rome, that King Offa and Adulphus thought their obedience to the Sea not sufficient, but in their own persons went to the place where they received so great grace.
The Cardinall made a long Oration, shewing first how this Realme had euer béene forward to receiue Religion: first in the time of the Brittaines, and then in the time of the Saxons, and that the meanes came from Rome, in the Faith of which Church we haue euer since continued; and shewed what deuotion this Iland hath had to Rome, that King Offa and Adulphus thought their obedience to the Sea not sufficient, but in their owne persons went to the place where they receiued so great grace.
And when Carolus Magnus founded Paris, he sent into England for Alcui•us, which first brought learning to that University.
And when Carolus Magnus founded Paris, hee sent into England for Alcui•us, which first brought learning to that Uniuersity.
I will not rehearse the benefits this Realm hath received from Rome, nor the miseries this Realm hath suffered by swerving from that Unity, so all Countries that have refused the Unity of the Catholic Faith, hath had the like plagues, as Asia, and the Empire of Greece, by swar•ing from Rome, are brought into the subjection of the Turk: And Germany by swerving from this unity, are afflicted with divers Sects and factions: then he praed the King for his greatness and riches, and the Queen, as one in whose hart God had preserved the Catholic truth, when all light of the truth seemed utterly to be extinct, whom GOD had most miraculously brought unto the Crown, being a helpless Virgin, naked and unarmed, had the victory of all policies and armed powers, prepared to destroy her, and God hath appointed her to reign over you, for the restitution of true Religion, and extirpation of errors and Sects.