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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.
When they had this comfort of the King, they went with procession to Canterbury, singing Alleluia, with the Litany that was used at Rome in the great plague, We beseech thee O Lord in all thy mercies, that thy fury and anger may cease from this City, and from thy holy house, for we have sinned, Alleluia, they continued in the same City preaching and baptizing, in the old Church of S. Martin, where the Queen was wont to resort, until the King was converted, at length the King seeing their miracles, and their godly conversation, he heard them gladly, and was converted in the thirty six year of his reign, Anno 586. After him innumerable daily ⟨p. 23⟩were adjoined unto the Church, whom the King did specially embrace, but compelled none, then the King gave Austen a place for his Bishops Sea, at Christs Church in Canterbury, and builded the Abbey there, where after Austen and all the Kings of Kent were buried, which now is called S. Austine.
When they had this comfort of the King, they went with procession to Canterbury, singing Alleluia, with the Letany that was vsed at Rome in the great plague, We beséech thée O Lord in all thy mercies, that thy fury and anger may cease from this Citty, and from thy holy house, for we haue sinned, Alleluia, they continued in the same Citty preaching and baptizing, in the old Church of S. Martine, where the Quéene was wont to resort, vntill the King was conuerted, at length the King séeing their myracles, and their godly conuersation, he heard them gladly, and was conuerted in the thirty sixe yeare of his raigne, Anno 586. After him innumerable daily ⟨p. 23⟩were adioyned vnto the Church, whom the King did specially imbrase, but compelled none, then the King gaue Austen a place for his Byshops Sea, at Christs Church in Canterbury, and builded the Abbey there, where after Austen and all the Kings of Kent were buried, which now is called S. Austine.
Then Austen by the commandment of Gregory, went into France to the Bishop of Arelatensis, to be consecrated Arch-bishop, and so was then Austen sent to Gregory, so declare how they had sped, and to be resolved of divers questions, how Bishops should behave themselves towards their Clarke, of offerings and Ceremonies, and what punishment for stealing Church goods, and such like, to no great purpose; therefore if thou beest disposed to see them, I refer thee to the Book at large.