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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.
Barla, a Nobleman, whom Basilius mentions in a Sermon, after many torments he was sacrificed on an Altar of their Idols, they put Fire and Incense into his hand, thinking he would scatter it upon the Altar, and so have sacrificed, but the fire burning about his hand, it endured as if it had been covered about with Embers, he saying the Psalm, Blessed is my God which teacheth in hands to fight.
Barla, a Nobleman, whom Basilius mentions in a Sermon, after many torments he was sacrificed on an Altar of their Idols, they put Fire and Incense into his hand, thinking he would scatter it vpon the Altar, and so haue sacrificed, but the fire burning about his hand, it endured as if it had béene couered about with Embers, he saying the Psalme, Blessed is my God which teacheth in hands to fight.
Vincentius was so racked, that all the joints of his body cracked, then there was many wounds made in his body, then his flesh was combed with Iron Combs, sharply filed, then they scourged him, then they laid his body upon an Iron Grate, and opened it with Hooks, then they seared it with divers plates, sprinkling the same with hot Salt, then they drew him into a Dungeon sprinkled with sharp shells, and locked his feet in the stocks.
Vincentius was so racked, that all the ioynts of his body cracked, then there was many wounds made in his body, then his flesh was combed with Iron Combes, sharply filed, then they scourged him, then they laid his body vpon an Iron Grate, and opened it with Hooks, then they seared it with diuers plates, sprinkling the same with hot Salt, then they drew him into a Dungeon sprinkled with sharpe shels, and locked his féete in the stockes.
Philoronimus forsook great possessions for Christ, and was beheaded, and neither Friends, Wife, or Children could move him: also, Procopius being converted, brake his Silver Images, and gave them to the poor, after grievous torments, his hands and feet being cut off he was beheaded: so was Grigotius a young man used.