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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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He writeth moreover, that none durst stop them for the number of their favourers: saying, I have often been at their examination, and there were numbered forty Churches of their opinions, in s•much that in one parish of Camma•h were ten open schools of them, and when he had spoken what he could against them, he is driven to confess that they both live justly before men, and believe all things wel• of God, and hold all the Articles contained in the Creed; only they blaspheme the Church of Rome and hate it.
Hee writeth moreouer, that none durst stop them for the number of their fauourers: saying, I haue often béen at their examination, and there were numbred forty Churches of their opinions, in s•much that in one parish of Camma•h were ten open schooles of them, and when he had spoken what he could against them, he is driuen to confesse that they both liue iustly before men, and beléeue all things wel• of God, and hold all the Articles contained in the Creede; onely they blaspheme the Church of Rome and hate it.
Touching the•r persecution, which commonly followeth true preaching, they being scattered from Lions, that the sound of their doctrine might gee abroad •n the world; some went as it is said into Bohemia, many into other provinces of France; some into Lombardy and other places, but these could not be suffered to live at rest, as may appear by the consultations made by the Lawyers & Bishops of France against them, writ above three hundred years agone, remaining yet in writing▪ whereby it appeareth there were a great many in France.
Touching the•r persecution, which commonly followeth true preaching, they being scattered from Lions, that the sound of their doctrine might gee abroad n the world; some went as it is said into Bohemia, many into other prouinces of France; some into Lombardy and other places, but these could not be suffered to liue at rest, as may appeare by the consultations made by the Lawyers & Bishops of France against them, writ aboue three hundred yeares agone, remaining yet in writing whereby it appeareth there were a great many in France.