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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.
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The Pope seeing the emperor loth to be subject to his Sea, devised all crafty ways to bring him under. First, taking occasion by the imprisonment of the Bishop of Laodicea, sent unto him diverse sharp Letters, and not so sharp as prou• and disdainful, wherein the salutation was, Salutat vos beatissimus pater noster Papa, & universitas Cardinalium, ille ut pater, hii ut fratres, meaning he should understand himself to be subject to the Pope, no less then the Cardinals; where reciting, what many and great benefits, and fullness of Honour, he had received of him. The emperor with his princes, perceiving whereat the Pope, by his Legates, shot, could not ••ree such a proud Message, so that much contention fell betwixt the Legat• and princes, of whom then, said the ⟨p. 54⟩Legates doth Caesar receive his Empery, if not of the Pope? With which words the princes were so offended, that they would have v•ed violence, if the Emperor had not stayed them, and commanded the Legates away straight, charging them not to turn by the way to any person, but straight to depart home. And to certify the whole Empire of the matter, he directed Letters to this effect. First, he greatly sorroweth that the root and foundation of dissentions, and evil, should rise from the holy Church, imprinted with the Seal of love and pear of Christ, where with we fear (except God prevent it) the whole body of the Church will be polluted, and the unity broken between the Spiritual and Temporal Regiment. Then he showeth them the manner of the proud Legacy as aforesaid, and touching his straight sending them home, without tarrying, or going out of the way, was, because there was Letters found about them to the Churches of Germany, to spoil the Altars of our Churches, to carry away the Jewels thereof, to flay the lym•es and plates of the golded crosses thereof, &c.
The Pope seeing the emperour loth to be subiect to his Sea, deuised all craftie waies to bring him vnder. First, taking occasion by the imprisonment of the Bishop of Laodicia, sent vnto him diuerse sharpe Letters, and not so sharpe as prou• and disdainefull, wherein the salutation was, Salutat vos beatissimus pater noster Papa, & vniuersitas Cardinalium, ille vt pater, hii vt fratres, meaning he should vnderstand himselfe to be subiect to the Pope, no lesse then the Cardinals; where reciting, what many and great benefits, and fulnesse of Honour, he had receiued of him. The emperor with his princes, perceiuing whereat the Pope, by his Legats, shot, could not ree such a proud Message, so that much contention fell betwixt the Legat and princes, of whom then, said the