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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 HISTORY OF THOMAS BECKET Arch-bishop of Canterbury.
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This done he was bid stand a part, after consultation they concluded, being he had ventured his goods, dignity, and authority, and his life, for the liberties of the Church, if he should now be deprived at the Kings pleasure it would be an exampl• ⟨p. 63⟩to others hereafter none to resist his Prince in like case, and so weaken the Catholic Church, and derogate the Popes authority, and his cause being maintained it would be a president to others to do the like, so he received his Pastoral Office at the Popes hand again with commendation and much favour, and •he Pope sent him unto the Abbey of Pontiviacke in France, with a Monks habit, where he was two years; thence he removed to Senon, where he was five years; so he was in exile seven years.
This done hee was bid stand a part, after consultation they concluded, being he had ventred his goods, dignity, and authoritie, and his life, for the liberties of the Church, if he should now be depriued at the Kings pleasure it would be an exampl• ⟨p. 63⟩to others hereafter none to resist his Prince in like case, and so weaken the Catholick Church, and derogate the Popes authoritie, and his cause being maintained it would bee a president to others to doe the like, so hee receiued his Pastora•l Office at the Popes hand againe with commendation and much fauour, and •he Pope sent him vnto the Abbey of Pontiuiacke in France, with a Monkes habit, where he was two yeares; thence he remoued to Senon, where he was fiue yeares; so he was in exile seuen yeares.
The King being certified by his Ambassadors that the Pope inclined more to Becket, then unto him, was wrathful, and sailing into Normandy sent over certain injunctions against the Pope and the Arch-bishop to this effect.