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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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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.
This Edmond expelled the Danes,1 Scots, Normanes, and all forraine enemies out of the Land, and recouered such Cities as were in their hands from them; then the King set his minde 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 Clergie men; after, Monkes succéeded, they professed Chastitie, that is, to 〈…〉 vnmaried, for so they defined Chastitie in those blinde daies: the Priests and Canons liued more frée from Monkish rules and obseruations, were common•y marie•, and in their life came néerer to seculer Christians, so there was great enmitie betweene them, one •uer sought to expell the other.
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