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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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In which monasteries they abounded in wealth and riches, and did swim in Superstition and Pharisaical hypocrisy, being yoked, in all their doings, to certain observations, in watching, in sleeping, in rising, in praying, in walking, in talking, in looking, in tasting, in touching, in gestures, and in their Vestures; and the number of their Sects were diverse: some, after Basilius rule, went in w•ite• some, after Benedict's rule, went in black: some, after Hieromes rule, their white cloth girt with leather girdles: some Gregorians, copper coloured: some Grey monks; some ware a coat of male upon their hare bodies, with a black cloak thereupon: some had white rochets upon a black cote: some cloak, coal, and cap, all blew: some Charter monks, wearing heir-cloth next their body: some Flagellants, went in long linen shirts with an open place in the back, where they beat themselves with scourges on the bare shin every day, before the people, till the blood ran down, saying, it was revealed by an Angel, that in scourging themselves so, within thirty days and twelve hours they should be made so pure from sin as they were when they first received baptism: some Jesuits, with a white girdle, and a russet coal, with enumerable more Orders; they were so subject to servile rules, that no part of Christian liberty remained amongst them, and so drowned in Superstition, that they lost Christs religion, and the sense of m•n.
In which monasteries they abounded in wealth and riches, and did swim•e in Superstition and Pharisaicall hypocrisie, being yoaked, in all their doings, to certaine obseruations, in watching, in sleeping, in rising, in praying, in walking, in talking, in looking, in tasting, in touching, in gestures, and in their Uestures; and the number of their Sects were diuerse: some, after Basilius rule, went in w•ite• some, after Benicts rule, went in blacke: some, after Hieromes rule, their white cloth girt with leather girdles: some Gregorians, copper coloured: some Gray monkes; some ware a coate of male vpon their hare bodies, with a blacke cloke thereupon: some had white rochets vpon a blacke cote: some cloke, coule, and cap, all blewe: some Charter monkes, wearing heire-cloth next their body: some Flagillants, went in long linnen shirts with an open place in the backe, where they beate themselues with scourges on the bare shinne euery day, before the people, till the bloud ranne downe, saying, it was reuealed by an Angell, that in scourging themselues so, within thirtie daies and twelue houres they should be made so pure from sinne as they were when they first receiued bapisme: some Iesuits, with a white girdle, and a russet coule, with enumerable more Orders; they were so subiect to seruile rules, that no part of Christian libertie remained amongst them, and so drowned in Superstition, that they lost Christs religion, and the sence of mn.