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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
Book 4 › ¶The Sentence of the Councell of Brixia against Hildebrand.
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.
Hoc destruisti, post quam tu Papa fuisti.
Pope Honorius the •. succeeded him, he sent one John Cremensis Cardinal, Legate into England,1 and Scotland, in colour of redress, but to fill his purse, as all other did after him in those days; after he had well refreshed himself in Bishops and Abbots houses, he assembled the whole Clergy, inquired of Priests wives, and made a Statute they should have no women in their houses, unless i••h kindred as were not to be suspected, and the offender of this Act, to forfeit all his Spiritual promotion, and that no kindred should marry until the seventh generation; and r•fling within hours at night, was taken in the same vice he was so strict against, to no little shame of the Clergy.
Pope Honorius the •. succeeded him, he sent one Iohn Cremensis Cardinall, Legat into England,1 and Scotland, in colour of redresse, but to fsill his purse, as all other did after him in those dayes; afte• he had well refreshed himselfe in Bishops and Abbots houses, he assembled the whole Clergy, inquired of Priests wiues, and made a Sta•tute they should haue no women in their houses, vnlesse i••h kindred as were not to be •usp•cted, and the offend•r of this Act, to forfaite all his Spirituall promotion, and that no kindred should mary vntill the seauenth generation; and r•fling within houres at night, was taken in the same vice he was so strict against, to no little shame of the Clergie.