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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.
It chanced that certain of the chief of the city of Lions went a walking, with the aforesaid Waldus, of whom came the Waldenses was one, one of them f•ll down suddenly dead, the sight whereof smo•e this Waldus with a •eepe and inward repentance, with a careful study to reform his life. First▪ he began to give large alms to the needy. Secondly, to instruct his family and himself, with the knowledge of Gods word. Thirdly, to exhort all that resorted to him to repentance and virtuous life, by his alms, and diligent teaching, more resorted to him daily, to whom he gave certain rudiments of the Scripture.
It chanced that certaine of the chiefe of the citie of Lions went a walking, with the aforesaid Waldus, of whome came the Waldenses was one, one of them f•ll downe suddainly dead, the sight whereof smo•e this Waldus with a •eepe and inward repentance, with a carefull study to reforme his life. First▪ he began to giue large almes to the needy. Secondly, to instruct his family and himselfe, with the knowledge of Gods word. Thirdly, to exhort all that resorted to him to rep•ntance and v•r•uous life, by his almes, and diligent teaching, more resorted to him dayly, to whom he gaue certaine rudiments of the Scripture.
The Bishops and Prelates seeing him so meddle with Scripture, and to have such a resort about him, though it were but in his own house, moved with great malice against him, threatened to excommunicate him, if he did not leave so to do. He neglecting the threatenings of the wicked, said; God must be obeyed more then man, and was the more diligent to set forth the Doctrine of Christ against the errors of Antichrist. When they saw their excommunication despised, they ceased not with prison, with sword, and banishment to prosecute, till they had driven the said Waldus and all his favourers out of the city. Here followeth their Articles they held.