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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
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 Second Persecution by Domitian.
The Church had some rest under Vespasian, but Domitian moved the second persecution, he killed all the Nephews of Judah called the Lords brothers, and slew all he could find of the stock of David as Vespasian did before him, least any of that stock should enjoy the kingdom: in his time Simon Bishop of Jerusalem, after other torments, was crucified, and Justus succeeded in his Bishopric.
THe Church had some rest vnder Vespatian, but Domitian mooued the second persecution, he killed all the Nephewes of Iuda called the Lords brothers, and slew all hee could find of the stocke of Dauid as Vespatian did before him, least any of that stocke should inioy the kingdome: in his time Symon Bishop of Ierusalem, after other torments, was crucified, and Iustus succéeded in his Bishopricke.
He banished John 1to Patmos, and under Pertinax he was released and came to Ephesus and continued there unto the time of Trayanus: 2Governed the Church ⟨p. 4⟩of Asia, and wrote his gospel there: Flavia, Daughter to Flavius Clemens a Consul of Rome, suffered for Christs name, and with many other was banished out of Rome to Pontia.