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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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Austine gathered another Synod, to the which seven Bishops, and the wisest Men of the famous City of Bangor came, they took counsel of a holy man whether they should be obedient to Austine, he had them agree to him if he be the Servant of GOD, and you shall know it by his humbleness and meekness, you are the greater number, if he at your coming into the Synod arise up and courteously receive you, perceive him to be an humble and meek man: but if he shall contemn and despise you, despise you him again; thus the Britain Bishops entering into the Council, Austine after the Romish manner keeping his Chair, would not remove, wherefore they being very much offended thereat, after some heat of words, departed in great displeasure, to whom Austine said: If they would not receive peace with their Brethren, they should receive war with their Enemies.
Austine gathered another Sinode, to the which seauen Byshoppes, and the wisest Men of the famous Cittie of Bangor came, they tooke councell of a holy man whether they should be obedient to Austine, he had them agree to him if hee bee the Seruant of GOD, and you shall know it by his humblenesse and meekenesse, you are the greater number, if he at your comming into the Sinode arise vp and courteously receiue you, perceiue him to be an humble and meeke man: but if he shall contemne and despise you, despise you him againe; thus the Brittaine Byshoppes entring into the Councell, Austine after the Romish manner keeping his Chaire, would not remooue, wherefore they being very much offended thereat, after some heate of words, departed in great displeasure, to whom Austine said: If they would not receiue peace with their Brethren, they should receiue war with their Enemies.
There was in Bangor in Wales an exceeding great Monastery, wherein was two thousand and one hundred Monks, the Monks came out of this Monastery to Chester, to pray for Brocmayle, fighting for them against the Saxons, Ethelbert King of Northumberland seeing them intenti•e to their prayers, and perceiving it was to pray for their Consul; he said, although they bear no Weapon, yet with their prayers and preaching they persecute us, he commanded his men to kill them, ⟨p. 24⟩