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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 first, contemning the authority of the Emperor, thrust in himself to be Pope, vaunting himself to have both the Ecclesiastical, and the Temporal sword, committed to him of Christ, and full power to bind and loose what he lifted, he challenged all the Dominion both of the East and West Church; he set at light Kings and Emperors, who reigned but at his godamercie; Bishops and Prelates as his underlings he kept in awe, suspending, cursing, and chopping off their heads. He ••irred up wars, releasing Oaths, Fidelity, and due allegiance of Subjects to their Princes. To this scope tended chiefly all his practises, to abolish the marriage of Priests, and to translate the authority Imperial unto the Clergy, as appeared before in the Council of Lateran; for though he was not then Pope in name, yet was he Pope indeed, and ruled the Pope as he listed. In a Council which he held at Rome, he enacted that no Priest hereafter should ⟨p. 46⟩marry, that those that were married should be Divorced, and that none hereafter should be admitted Priest, but should swear perpetual Chastity.
He first, contemning the authoritie of the Emperor, thrust in himselfe to be Pope, vanting himselfe to haue both the Ecclesiasticall, and the Temporall sword, committed to him of Christ, and full power to binde and loose what he lifted, he challenged all the Dominion both of the East and West Church; he set at light Kings and Emperours, who raigned but at his godamercie; Bishops and Prelates as his vnderlings he kept in awe, suspending, cursing, and chopping off their heads. He ••irred vp warres, releasing Othes, Fidelitie, and due allegiance of Subiects to their Princes. To this scope tended chiefly all his practises, to abolish the mariage of Priests, and to translate the authoritie Emperiall vnto the Clergy, as appeared before in the Councell of Later•n; for though he was not then Pope in name, yet was he Pope indéed, and ruled the Pope as he listed. In a Councell which he held at Rome, he enacted that no Priest hereafter should ⟨p. 46⟩mary, that those that were maried should be Diuorced, and that none hereafter should be admitted Priest, but should sweare perpetuall Chastitie.