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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.
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.
As we going to sleep, separate our selves from company, so we have separated our selves from the Sea of Rome, no Realm in Christendom like us, and as Shepherds dream sometimes of killing, maiming, or drowning, and sometimes of beastliness, so we have not only dreamed of beastliness, but also done it: and as in sleep, all ones senses is stopped, that he cannot see, not smell, nor hear; so the Ceremonies of the Church being to move our senses, are taken away, whereby our senses are stopped: and further, when a man would sleep, he will put out the Candle, least it wake him. So lately, all such Writers as did hold with the Apostolic Sea, are forbidden to be read, and Images, which were Lay mens Books, were cast down and burned.
As we going to sléepe, separate our selues from company, so we haue separated our selues from the Sea of Rome, no Realme in Christendome like vs, and as Shepheards dreame sometimes of killing, mayning, or drowning, and sometimes of beastlinesse, so we haue not onely dreamed of beastlinesse, but also done it: and as in sléepe, all ones senses is stopped, that hee cannot see, not smell, nor heare; so the Ceremonies of the Church being to mooue our senses, are taken away, whereby our senses are stopped: and further, when a man would sleepe, he wil put out the Candle, least it wake him. So lately, all such Writers as did hold with the Apostolike Sea, are forbidden to be read, and Images, which were Lay mens Books, were cast downe and burned.