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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.
But when their iniquities, and seducings shall be tried, men shall cease to give them, then shall they go• about hungry, and looking down to the earth like mad dogs, and shrinking in their necks, like Turtles, that they may be filled with bread, then shall the people say, Wo• unto you wretches, children of sorrow, the world seduced you, the Devil snared your mo•ths, your flesh slippery your heart without taste, your minds wandering, ⟨p. 80⟩your eyes delighted in vanity, and madness, your p•nches desire sweet dishes, your feet swift to mischief; consider how you were accounted […] and zealous, poor rich men, and simple stout men; but you were devout flatterers, false betrayers, perverse back •i•ers, holy hypocrites, perverters of the truth, too much strict and precise, proud, shameless, and unstable Doctors, delicate Martyrs, professors for lucre sake, meek slanderers, religious covetous, lowly proud, godly hard men, pleasant liars, peaceable persecutors, oppressors of the simple, inventers of evil Sects, unmerciful lovers of the world, sellers of pardons, spoilers of benefices, unprofitable makers of prayers, seditious conspirers, drunken whisperers, desirous of honour, curious in mens faults, the extortioners of the world, unsatiable preachers, pleasers of men, seducers of women, so we•s of discord. Moses well prophesied of them in his Canticle; A people without Counsel and Wisdom, would God they were wise and understood, and foresaw the latter ends to come, you builded aloft, and when you could build no higher you fell down. Like Simon Magus whom the Lord repressed, and struck with a mighty plague, so you likewise have fallen through your deceivable wickedness, lies, […], the people shall say to them, away teachers of perversity, subverters of verity, brethren of the Shunamite, father of Heretical pra•i••e, false apostles, you seem to follow the life of the Apostles, but follow not their steps one •ot, you children of iniquity, we will none of your trades and ways, for presumptuous pride hath deceived you, and insatiable concupiscence subverted your erroneous heart, and when you coveted to climb up higher and higher, then, by the just Judgement of God, you have fallen down to everlasting shame.