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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.
To the most Reverend Father in GOD, the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury his GRACE, PRIMATE and METROPOLITAN of all England, and one of his MAJESTIES most Honourable Privy Council. And to the Right Honourable SIR EDWARD COKE, Lord Chief Justice of England, and one of his Majesties most Honourable Privy Council: THOMAS MASON wisheth all Happiness in this Life, and eternal Felicity in the world to come.
To the most Reuerend Father in GOD, the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury his GRACE, PRIMATE and METROPOLITAN of all England, and one of his MAIESTIES most Honourable Priuie Councell. And to the Right Honourable SIR EDVVARD COKE, Lord Cheefe Iustice of England, and one of his Maiesties most Honorable Priuie Councell: THOMAS MASON wisheth all Happinesse in this Life, and eternall Felicitie in the world to come.
MOST Reverend and Right Honourable zealous Lords, your daily and faithful Orator, being a professed Soldier under Christs Banner, in the behalf of his spouse against Antichrist: I could busy my self in no office so profitable for the Church, and hurtful unto Antichrist, as to gather together the bullets which have been shot at him by Christs Soldiers in times past, that now his children may shoot them at him again, with great facility. And whereas venerable Mr Fox, of worthy memory, hath gathered into one Book the Acts and Monuments of the Church unto his time; one of the most profitablest Books that is for Gods Children, except the Bible; a Club able to beat down the Popish Tower of Babel: Yet what with the labour of reading so large a volume, together with the dearness of the price thereof, few that have the Book read it over, and the most part of men are not able to buy it, whereby very little profit ariseth thereof unto the Church. I have, according to my power, pared off the bark of this Club, and made it tractable for all sorts of people; they may buy it with little charge, and peruse it with small pains; and I dare promise them that they shall reap as much profit by reading this abridgement, as by reading of the Book at large. I have willingly omitted no matter of substance: Here the Reader may see the cruelty of the Emperors unto the Primitive Church, and whom they put