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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 third Persecution.
There was but one year between the second and the third persecution by the Emperor Traianus, which was so grievous that Plinius Secundus, an Infidel, wrote to the Emperor, that so many thousands were put to death without cause, saving that they gathered themselves together before day to sing Hims to a God which they called Christ, he reasoned why that sin should be punished more then all other sins, and that he had put two Christian maids upon the rack to prove if they could have extorted confession of further crime, but could not; whereupon the persecutions were greatly allayed,
THere was but one yeare betweene the second and the third persecution by the Emperour Traianus, which was so grieuous that Plinius Secundus, an Infidell, wrote to the Emperour, that so many thousands were put to death without cause, sauing that they gathered themselues together before day to sing Hymmes to a God which they called Christ, he reasoned why that sin should be punished more then all other sins, and that he had put two Christian maides vpon the racke to proue if they could haue extorted confession of further crime, but could not; wherevpon the persecutions were greatly alayed,
Simeon, son of Cleophas, Bishop of Jerusalem, was accused by the Jews to be a Christian, and of the stock of David, wherefore Attalus commanded him to be scourged many days together being an hundred and twenty years old, his constancy was greatly admired; he was crucified.