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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
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Gregory, after he had sent resolutions to these questions, sendeth moreover more Coadjutors, as Melitus, Justus, Paulinus, and Ruffianus, with Books and implements necessary for the English Church, and in reward of Austine's pains, he sent him a Pal only to be used at the solemnity of the Mass, and granteth two Metropolitan Seas, London and York, but granted to Austen during his life, to be chief Arch-bishop of all the Land, and that they should not destroy the idolatrous Temples, but convert them to Christian uses, and that Austine should not be proud of the miracles that God wrought by him, & that he should remember they were not done for him, but for their conversion, whose salvation God sought thereby.
Gregory, after he had sent resolutions to these questions, sendeth moreouer more Coadiutors, as Melitus, Iustus, Paulinus, and Ruffianus, with Books and implements necessary for the English Church, and in reward of Austines paines, he sent him a Pal onely to be vsed at the solemnity of the Masse, and granteth two Metropolitane Seas, London and Yorke, but granted to Austen during his life, to be cheefe Arch-bishop of all the Land, and that they should not destroy the idolatrous Temples, but conuert them to Christian vses, and that Austine should not be proud of the myracles that God wrought by him, & that he should remember they were not done for him, but for their conuersion, whose saluation God sought thereby.
Then he wrote to King Ethelbert▪ first he praised GOD, then the King, by whom it pleased God to work such goodness of the people, then exhorted him to persevere in his profession, and to be zealous therein, to convert the multitude, and destroy Idolatry, and to govern them in holiness of conversation, according to the Emperor Constantinus the Great, comforting him with the promises of life, and reward to come.
Then he wrote to King Ethelbert▪ first hee praysed GOD, then the King, by whom it pleased God to worke such goodnesse of the people, then exhorted him to perseuer in his profession, and to be zealous therein, to conuert the multitude, and destroy Idolatry, and to gouerne them in holinesse of conuersation, according to the Emperor Constantinus the Great, comforting him with the promises of life, and reward to come.