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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.
These Kings of the Britons reigned in Wales and Cornwall, Vortiger, Vortimer, Vortiger again, Aurelius Ambrosius, Utter Pendragon, Arthur, Constantius 3. Aurelius Conanus, Vortiperius, Malgo, Carecius.
These Kings of the Brittaines raigned in Wales and Cornewall, Vortiger, Vortimer, Vortiger againe, Aurelius Ambrosius, Vter Pendragon, Arthur, Constantius 3. Aurelius Conanus, Vortiperius, Malgo, Carecius.
The sins of the Britons was the cause of the just judgement of God against them, as out of an old Author, and partly out of Gildas doth appear: These be the words of the Author: There following Constantinus, and others above named, out of the Realm all the Nobility, when the rascal sort had gotten their places, and through abundance of riches were surprised with pride, they fell into so great Fornication as never was heard of, and unto all manner of wickedness, that mans Nature is inclined unto; hating the truth, loving lies, regarding evil in stead of goodness, receiving the Devil in stead of an Angel of light, choose such for their Kings as were most cruel, and if any seemed to be humble and favour the truth, they hated and backbited him as a destroyer of Britain, and not only the secular men did thus, but also the Bishops and Teachers, therefore it was no marvel that such a people should loose their Country which they had so defiled.
The sinnes of the Brittaines was the cause of the iust iudgement of God against them, as out of an old Authour, and partly out of Gildas doth appeare: These bee the words of the Authour: There following Constantinus, and others aboue named, out of the Realme all the Nobility, when the rascall sort had gotten their places, and through aboundance of riches were surprised with pride, they fell into so great Fornication as neuer was heard of, and vnto all manner of wickednesse, that mans Nature is inclined vnto; hating the truth, louing lyes, regarding euill in stead of goodnesse, receiuing the Deuill in stead of an Angell of light, choose such for their Kings as were most cruell, and if any seemed to bee humble and fauour the truth, they hated and backbited him as a destroyer of Brittaine, and not onely the seculer men did thus, but also the Byshoppes and Teachers, therefore it was no maruell that such a people should loose their Country which they had so defiled.