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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.
The Emperor wrote again, that Justice giveth to every one his, We derogate not from our parents, as We have received our Imperial Crown of them, we render their due and ••ue Honour to them again: and forasmuch as duty of all sorts of men is to be sought out, did not Constantine restore Peace to the Church, and of his liberal benignity, & other Princes, gave whatsoever Regality or Patrimony the Sea of your Papacy hath, as is to be found in the Chronicles? Of them that be Gods by adoption, and hold Lordships, why may not we require Homage and sworn Allegiance, when he that is you• master and ours paid •oule and tribute for himself and Saint Peter to Caesar, giving you example to do the like, and therefore saith, Learn of me, for I am humble and meek. •herefore▪ either render our Lordships, or if they b• too sweet to you, give God his due, and Caesar his due. We shut out the Cardinals because we see them no preachers but prowlers, not repairers of peace, bat rakers for money; not Pillars, b•t pollers of Church.1 When we see them such as the Church requireth them to be, then they shall find us ready to receive them with stipends and all necessaries. By your inferring such questions, not conducing to Religion▪ you incur no little blemish of your humility, which is keeper of all virtues; let your Fatherhood beware, least in moving such questions, as seem unseemly for you to do, you give on offence to such as ••pend on your word, and give ear to your mouth as an evening shower. We cannot […] fell you of that we hear, seeing now the detestable beast of pride doth cr•epe into th• Seat of Peter, providing always as much as we may for the peace of the Church.
The Emperour wrote againe, that Iustice giueth to euery one his, Wée derogate not from our parents, as We haue receiued our Emperiall Crowne of them, we render their due and ••ue Honour to them againe: and forasmuch as duety of all sorts of men is to be sought out, did not Constantine restore Peace to the Church, and of his liberall benigity, & other Princes, gaue whatsoeuer Regality or Patrimony the Sea of your Papacie hath, as is to be found in the Chronicles? Of them that be Gods by adoption, and hold Lordships, why may not wée require Homage and sworne Alegiance, when he that is you master and ours paid oule and tribute for himselfe and Saint Peter to Caesar, giuing you example to doe the like, and therefore saith, Learne of mee, for I am humble and meeke. herefore either render our Lordships, or if they b too sweete to you, giue God his due, and Caesa his due. We shut out the Cardinals because we see them no preachers but prowlers, not repayrers of peace, bat rakers for money; not Pillars, bt pollers of Church.