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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.
Colfride, Abbot of Shirwin in Northumberland, writ to Naitonus King of Picts, that shaven Crowns was necessary for all Priests, and Monks, for restraint of their lusts; and that Peter was shaven, in remembrance of the Passion of Christ, so we must wear the sign of his Passion on the top of our head, as every Church beareth the holy Cross in the front thereof, that by the defence of that banner it be kept from evil Spirits; and exhorted him to imitate the Apostolic Churches, and, when he died, the Prince of the Apostles would open Heaven gate to him; whereat the King rejoiced, and kneeling down, thanked God that he was worthy to receive such a present from England, and made Proclamation for the performance.
Colfride, Abbot of Shirwin in Northumberland, writ to Naitonus King of Picts, that shauen Crownes was necessarie for all Priests, and Monks, for restraint of their lusts; and that Peter was shauen, in remembrance of the Passion of Christ, so we must weare the signe of his Passion on the toppe of our head, as euery Church beareth the holy Crosse in the front thereof, that by the defence of that banner it be kept from euill Spirits; and exhorted him to imitate the Apostolike Churches, and, when he died, the Prince of the Apostles would open Heauen gate to him; whereat the King reioyced, and knéeling downe, thanked God that hee was worthy to receiue such a present from England, and made Proclamation for the performance.
When Ive, King of the West Saxons, had ruled them 37. years, he was persuaded by his wife Etheburge, 1to go to Rome to be made a Monk, when the king an• she had rested in a fair Palace, richly adorned, she commanded all the rooms in the Palace to be strewed with Dung of vile beasts, and hogs and beasts to be laid therein▪ and a Sow and pigs in her chamber, then she brought the King to visit the Palace, and said, My Lord, where are now the rich▪ clothes of gold and silver▪ that we let here? where are the pleasant Servitors, delicacies, and costly dishes that we lately were served with? We shall vanish away as suddenly as these worldly things be passed, our bodies that are now delicately kept, shall turn unto the filth of the earth: therefore busy you to purchase