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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.
After he was appointed for one of them that laboured for the Kings supremacy, and remaining at Court, he preached often in London: after, at the suit of the Lord Cromwell, he was benefited at West-Kingston in Wiltshire, where he was very diligent in teaching: his diligence extended also to all the country round about, but there also he could not escape without enemies. It so chanced that he preaching upon the Virgin Mary, he proved that Christ was her Saviour. Certain Popish Priests being therewith offended, drew Articles against him concerning the matter of our Lady, of praying unto Saints, and of Purgatory: to which Articles he answered in effect as followeth;
After he was appointed for one of them that laboured for the Kings supremacie, and remaining at Court, he preached often in London: after, at the sute of the Lord Cromwell, he was benef••ed at West-Kingston in Wilshire, where he was very diligent in teaching: his diligence extended also to all the countrey round about, but there also he could not escape without enemies. It so chanced that hee preaching vpon the Uirgin Marie, he proued that Christ was her Sauiour. Certaine Popish Priests being therewith offended, drew Articles against him concerning the matter of our Ladie, of praying vnto Saints, and of Purgatorie: to which Articles he answered in effect as followeth;
1 To reprove certain Priests and beneficed men which give so much to our Lady, as though she had not bin saved by Christ, which is the saviour of her and of all that be or shall be saved. I did reason that either she was a sinner or no sinner; if a sinner, then she was delivered from sin by Christ, or if she were no sinner she was preserved from sin by him, so he was her Saviour which way soever you take it.
1 To reproue certaine Priests and beneficed men which giue so much to our Lady, as though she had not bin saued by Christ, which is the sauiour of her and of all that be or shall be saued. I did reason that either she was a sinner or no sinner; if a sinner, then she was deliuered from sinne by Christ, or if she were no sinner she was preserued from sinne by him, so he was her Sauiour which way soeuer you take it.