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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.
Again, if the whole Realm of France was interdicted, because Phillip the King, had but one Concubine, which was not his lawful wife. And the King of Portugal, sequestered from his Dominion, and thought by the Clergy insufficient to rule. What shall be said to prelates which abuse mens Wives, Virgins, Nuns, and are insufficient to take charge of Souls.
Againe, if the whole Realme of France was interdicted, because Phillip the King, had but one Concubine, which was not his lawfull wife. And the King of Portugall, sequestred from his Dominion, and thought by the Clergie insufficient to rule. What shall be said to prelates which abuse mens Wiues, Uirgings, Nunnes, and are insufficient to take charge of Soules.
About this ti••e the Order of the Knights of the Rhodes, called Johannits, and the Order of the Te••lers rose up.
About this ti••e the Order of the Knights of the Rhodes, called Iohannits, and the Order of the Te••lers rose vp.
After Honorius succeeded Pope Innocentius the 2. At every mutation of new Popes,1 came new troubles, sometime two Popes, sometimes three together. The Romans elected another Pope, called Anacletus, betwixt whom was great conflicts. The Duke of ⟨p. 52⟩Sicily taking with Anacletus, until Lotharius the Emperor drove Anacletus […] of Italy.