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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.
As for Pilgrimage, you would wonder what juggling there is to get Money withal, I dwell by the way, and you would admire how they come by flocks out of the West Country to many Images, but chiefly to the blood of Hails, and they believe verily it is the blood of Christs body, shed upon Mount Calvary for our salvation, and that the sight of it doth certify them out of doubt, that their sins are forgiven, and they are in state of salvation. If you should common with them coming and going what faiths they have, you would wonder, they cannot away with forgiving their enemies, and reconciling themselves unto their Brethren, for the sight of that blood doth quite them for the time; they that did violently and miraculously pluck the blood out of Christs body, by whipping and wounding him, saw his blood, and yet were not thereby in clear life. Christ doth suffer the Devil to use his crafty fashion for our probation: it were very little thank to believe well, if nothing should move us to believe superstitiously; it was not in vain, when Christ had taught us truly, that he had us beware of false Prophets.
As for Pilgrimage, you would wonder what iugling there is to get Money withall, I dwell by the way, and you would admire how they come by flockes out of the West Countrey to many Images, but cheef•ly to the blood of Hayles, and they beléeue verily it is the blood of Christs body, shed vpon Mount Caluarie for our saluation, and that the sight of it doth certifie them out of doubt, that their sinnes are forgiuen, and they are in state of saluation. If you should common with them comming and going what faiths they haue, you would wonder, they cannot away with forgiuing their enemies, and reconciling themselues vnto their Brethren, for the sight of that blood doth quite them for the time; they that did violently and miraculously plucke the blood out of Christs body, by whipping and wounding him, saw his blood, and yet were not thereby in cléere life. Christ doth suffer the Diuell to vse his craftie fashion for our probation: it were very little thanke to beléeue well, if nothing should mooue vs to beléeue superstitiously; it was not in vaine, when Christ had taught vs truly, that he had vs beware of false Prophets.