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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.
IN describing the whole State of the Primitive, and latter times of the Church: First shall be declared the suffering time of the Church▪ 300. years after Christ: secondly, the flourishing time of the Church, 300. years more: then the declining of true Religion, 300. years more: fourthly, of the reign of Antichrist since Satan was loosed. Lastly, of the reforming of the Church in this last three hundred years.
IN describing the whole State of the Prim•tiue, and latter times of the Church: First shall be declared the suffering time of the Church▪ 300. yeares after Christ: secondly, the flourishing time of the Church, 300. yeares more: then the declining of true Religion, 300. yeares more: sourthly, of the raigne of Antichrist since Sathan was loosed. Lastly, of the reforming of the Church in this last thrée hundred yeares.
In the tractation of all which things, the Christian Reader may by experience observe two special points: First, the Nature of the World: Secondly, the condition of the Kingdom of Christ: By the World is meant, all that by ignorance know not Christ, and that will not believe him, or that persecute him. The Kingdom of Christ, are the believers in Christ, and take his part against the World; and though they be much fewer then the other, and always lightly hated and molested of the world, yet they are they whom the Lord doth bless, and ever will: and Christs Subjects which we call the Ui••b•e Church, the•e are of two sorts; first, of such as only outwardly profess Christ; secondly, of such as by e•ection inwardly are joined to Christ: the first, honour Christ only in their lips, and partake the outward Sacrament, but not the inward blessing: the second, in word and heart truly serve Christ, and partake with the outward Sacrament the Grace of Christ.