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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.
And as S. Paul saith to the Corinthians, He was their Father, so may the Pope say, he is •ur Father; for we received our doctrine first from Rome, therefore he may challenge us as his own; he hath prevented us before we sought him, he hath sent one of our Brethren to speak unto us, not as unto strangers: and now let us awake, which so long have slept, and in our sleep don so much naughtiness against the Sacraments, and pulling down the Altars, which thing Luther would not do, but reproved them which did.
And as S. Paul saith to the Corinthians, He was their Father, so may the Pope say, he is •ur Father; for we receiued our doctrine first from Rome, therefore he may challenge vs as his owne; he hath preuented vs before we sought him, he hath sent one of our Brethren to speake vnto vs, not as vnto strangers: and now let vs awake, which so long haue slept, and in our sléep don so much naughtinesse against the Sacraments, and pulling downe the Altars, which thing Luther would not do, but reproued them which did.
In his prayer, he prayed for the Pope and Cardinals, and for the souls departed, living in pains of Purgatory.
In his prayer, he prayed for the Pope and Cardinals, and for the soules departed, liuing in paines of Purgatory.
Upon New Year's day at night,1 thirty Men and Women, and one Master Rose a Minister, were taken in a house in Bow Church-yard at the Communion, and committed to prison, and Master Rose was examined before Cranmer, and committed unto the Tower.