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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.
He devised divers good and wholesome laws, as well of the state Ecclesiastical as Secular, which thou mayest see in the book at large, whereby it is to be understood that the usurped power of the Bishop of Rome did not then extend or derogate from the authority of Christian Princes, but that every one in •is own Dominion had the doing of all causes▪ whether they were spiritual or temporal, he reigned 16. years, and because he had no Issue, his brother Edmond succeeded him.
He deuised diuers good and wholsome lawes, as well of the state Ecclesiasticall as Seculer, which thou maist see in the booke at large, whereby it is to bee vnderstoode that the vsurped power of the Bishop of Rome did not then extend or derogate from the authoritie of Christian Princes, but that euery one in •is owne Dominion had the doing of all causes▪ whether they were spirituall or temporall, he raigned 16. yeares, and because he had no Issue, his brother Edmond succéeded him.
This Edmond expelled the Danes,1 Scots, Normans, and all foreign enemies out of the Land, and recovered such Cities as were in their hands from them; then the King set his mind to building of Monasteries, and furnishing of Churches with possessions: in his time Monks were dispersed out of the Monastery of Esham, and Canons substituted in their place. At the first, Religious houses were replenished with Priests and Canons, which were Clergy men; after, Monks succeeded, they professed Chastity, that is, to […] unmarried, for so they defined Chastity in those blind days: the Priests and Canons lived more free from Monkish rules and observations, were commonly marie•, and in their life came nearer to secular Christians, so there was great enmity between them, one •uer sought to expel the other.