A07225:1871
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.
Well my Lord, quoth I, I never willingly taught false doctrine, and therefore have a good conscience before God and men, and I shall be found a true member of the Catholic Church of Christ, and everlastingly saved: you need not excommunicate me from your Church, the Lord be thanked I have not been in •t this twenty years: now you have done what you can▪ I am sure you and I shall appear before Christ, and then I shall be as good a man as you.
Well my Lord, quoth I, I neuer willingly taught false doctrine, and therefore haue a good conscience before God and men, and I shall be found a true member of the Catholike Church of Christ, and euerlastingly saued: you néed not excommunicate me from your Church, the Lord be thanked I haue not been in •t this twentie yeares: now you haue done what you can▪ I am sure you and I shall appeare before Christ, and then I shall be as good a man as you.
Then I earnestly desired my wife might come to me whilst I lived: for we have ten children, and • would counsel her what is best for her to do, which he would not grant, saying that she was none of my wife.
Then I earnestly desired my wife might com to me whilst I liued: for we haue ten children, and • would counsaile her what is best for her to do, which he would not grant, saying that she was none of my wife.
Then I have tried all your charity, said I: you make your self highly displeased with marriage of priests, but you maintain open whoredom; in Wales every Priest hath his whore openly, and so the Pope suffereth all the Priests in the Low-countries and France to do the like.