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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.
Simon, chief Bishop of Persia, was accused by the Magicians, as he was leading to Prison: V••hazares, who was the Kings School-master, and had fallen from Christianity, who sitting at the Kings Gate, rose up and reverenced him, but Simeon rebuked him with sharp words, which made him put on mourning weeds, sit weeping at the gate; saying, what hope have I of God when my familiar friend Simeon disdaineth me, which being known to the King, and he confessing himself a Christian, the King commanded he should be beheaded: He desired of the King to certify that he died for nothing but Christianity, which he obtained; Simeon being in prison, and hearing of it, rejoiced, and the next day suffered with an 100. more.
Symon, chéefe Bishop of Persia, was accused by the Magitians, as he was leading to Prison: V••hazares, who was the Kings Schoole-maister, and had fallen from Christianity, who sitting at the Kings Gate, rose vp and reuerenced him, but Simion rebuked him with sharpe words, which made him put on mourning wéeds, sit wéeping at the gate; saying, what hope haue I of God when my familiar friend Simion disdaineth me, which being knowne to the King, and he confessing himselfe a Christian, the King commaunded he should be beheaded: He desired of the King to certifie that he died for nothing but Christianity, which he obtained; Simion being in prison, and hearing of it, reioyced, and the next day suffered with an 100. more.
Pusices, seeing an old Father shrink in the sight of the Martyr•, said; shut thine eyes, be strong, and shortly thou shalt see God, wherefore the King caused an hole to be made in his neck, and thereout pulled his tongue, and so he was put to death, and his Daughter, a Virgin, died with him in Christs cause, the number of them that were martyred in Persia, was 15000. This coming to Constantine's ears, moved him, he granted Sapores his Ambassadors all they requested, thinking thereby to move him to favour the Christians, and wrote to them to take compassion on the Innocents, and showed how the hand of God had been against Tyrants of the Church.