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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
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The Sunday following the second of December, Gardiner Bishop of Winchester and Lord Chancellor preached at Pauls Cross: Upon the third to the Romans: It is time that we should awake out of sleep, for our salvation is nearer then when we believed: First he showed how the saying of Saint Paul was verified upon the Gentiles, which had long time slept in ignorance: therefore to stir up their dullness he desired them to wake out of sleep: then he compared our time to theirs.
The Sonday following the second of December, Gardiner Bishop of Winchester and Lord Chancellor preached at Paules Crosse: Upon the third to the Romans: It is time that we should awake out of sleepe, for our saluation is neerer then when we beleeued: First he shewed how the saying of Saint Paul was verified vpon the Gentils, which had long time slept in ignorance: therefore to stir vp their dulnes he desired them to wake out of sleepe: then hee compared our time to theirs.
As the sacraments of Christ did declare Christ to come, our Sacraments declare that he is come: now that he is come the Jews sacrifices be done away, a•d ours only remain, they had him as a sign, but we have his very body in our Sacrament: wherefore it is time that we now also awake who have slept & rather dreamed this twenty years, as shall be declared by the properties of sleep or dream.
As the sacraments of Christ did declare Christ to come, our Sacraments declare that he is come: now that hee is come the Iewes sacrifices bee done away, a•d ours only remaine, they had him as a signe, but we haue his very body in our Sacrament: wherefore it is time that we now also awake who haue slept & rather dreamed this twenty yeares, as shall bee declared by the properties of sléepe or dreame.