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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 1 › Persecution 1: The first Persecution by Nero Domitius
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 first Persecution by Nero Domitius
Nero Domitius caused the first persecution, he regarded neither sect, condition of life, or age, the streets were spread with dead bodies of Christians, he endeavoured utterly to abolish the name of Christians: in this persecution, Peter was crucified, who required his head to be hanged downward as unworthy to dye like Christ, the cause was thought to be because Simon Magus, 1pretending to fly from the Mount Capitolinus to Heaven, by Peters prayers was brought down headlong, and his joints being broken he dyed, at that time Peters wife suffered, and the same day twelve-month Paul suffered.
NEro Domitius caused the first persecution, hee regarded neither sect, condition of life, or age, the streets were spread with dead bodies of Christians, hee indeuored vtterly to abolish the name of Christians: in this persecution, Peter was crucified, who required his head to be hanged downward as vnworthy to dye like Christ, the cause was thought to bee because Symon Magus, 1pretending to flye from the Mount Capitolinus to Heauen, by Peters prayers was brought downe headlong, and his ioynts beeing broken hee dyed, at that time Peters wife suffred, and the same day twelue-month Paule suffred.
- 1Simon Magus.Symon Magus.