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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.
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.
Inocentius Pope, condemned Almeri•us, a worthy Bishop, for an heretic, for teaching, and holding against Images: also he condemned the Doctrine of Joachim Abbas, as before, for heresy. He brought in first the paying of privy tithes, and the receiving once at Easter, and the reservation of the Sacrament, and the going before it with a bell and a light.
Inocentius Pope, condemned Almeri•us, a worthy Bishop, for an hereticke, for teaching, and holding against Images: also he condemned the Doctrine of Ioachim Abbas, as before, for heresie. He brought in first the paying of priuie ty•hes, and the receiuing once at Easter, and the reseruation of the Sacrament, and the going before it with a bell and a light.
He stirred up Otho against Phillip the Emperor, because he was elected without his will, whereupon followed much slaughter in Germany; and against Otho, which he had made Emperor, he set up Frederick king of Ci•le, and caused the Archbishop of Mayence to excommunicate him▪ and depose him of his Empire: for which cause, the Princes of Germany did invade his Bishopric, and burned his possession: all was because Otho held certain Cities, Townes, and Castles, which the Pope said belonged to him.
He stirred vp Otho against Phillip the Emperour, because he was elected without his will, whereupon followed much slaughter in Germany; and against Otho, which he had made Emperour, he set vp Fredericke king of Ci•le, and caused the Archbishop of Mayence to excommunicate him▪ and depose him of his Empire: for which cause, the Princes of Germany did inuade his Bishopricke, and burned his possession: all was because Otho held certaine Cities, Townes, and C•stles, which the Pope said belonged to him.