A07225:1964
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.
These two were descended of worshipful stock in Essex, which of all Shires was most fruitful of Martyrs; the one called Thomas Higbed of Horneden Hill; the other Thomas Causon of Thunderst, they were both in flourishing estate in riches, and much more flourishing in godliness.
THese two were descended of worshipfull stocke in Essex, which of all Shires was most fruitfull of Martyrs; the one called Thomas Higbed of Horneden Hill; the other Thomas Causon of Thunderst, they were both in flourishing estate in riches, and much more flourishing in godlines.
They were divers times examined before Bonner, and defended the truth valiantly, and he and his fellows did much labour to make them to recant, but could not prevail: The substance of all their Arguments appeareth in a Confession ⟨p. 262⟩that they wrote with their own hands, which was read in the Court of Pauls, before the Mayor and Sheriffs, and all the people, not without great sure, before it could be licensed to be read.
They were diuers times examined before Bonner, and defended the truth valiantly, and he and his fellowes did much labour to make them to recant, but could not preuaile: The substance of all their Arguments appeareth in a Confession ⟨p. 262⟩that they wrote with their owne hands, which was read in the Court of Paules, before the Mayor and Sheriffes, and all the people, not without great sure, before it could be licenced to be read.
First we believe and profess in Baptism to forsake the Devil & all his works, and all the vanities of the world, and the lusts of the […].