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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.
Bishop. Hast thou not yet bethought thee, whether thou wilt do as I have said?
Byshop. Hast thou not yet bethought thee, whether thou wilt doe as I haue said?
Thorp. My Parents spent mickle Money about my learning to make me a Priest, but I had no will to be a Priest, wherefore they were right heavy to me, that I thought to leave them; at length I desired that I might go to such as were named wise, ⟨p. 97⟩and of virtuous conversation, to have the•• Counsel, so I communed with such, till I perceived their honest and charitable works, to pass their fame; wherefore […], by the example of the Doctrine of them, after my cunning and power, I have exercised me to know perfectly Gods Law, having a desire to live thereafter, and that others exercised themselves faithfully there abouts. Then he showeth the reasons aforesaid, and what would follow, if he should forsake, so suddenly, the learning that he had exercised this 30. winters, according to the example of some, whose name I will now recite, and according to the present doing of Phillip Rampington, now Bishop of Lincoln, by Gods grace, I will learn by them to fly such slander as th•y have defiled themselves with, and as much as is in them, they have envenomed all the Church of God, by their slanderous revoking at Pauls Cross, and how now Phillip Rampington pursueth Christs people, which will not be unpunished of God.
Thorp. My Parents spent mickle Mony about my learning to make me a Priest, but I had no will to be a Priest, wherefore they were right heauy to mee, that I thought to leaue thē; at length I desired that I might go to such as were named wise, ⟨p. 97⟩and of vertuous conuersa•ion, to haue the•• Councell, so I communed with such, till I perceiued their honest and charitable workes, to passe their fame; wherefore , by the example of the Doctrine of them, after my cunning and power, I haue exercised me to know perfectly Gods Law, hauing a desire to liue thereafter, and that others exercised themselues faithfully there abouts. Then he sheweth the reasons aforesaid, and what would follow, if he should forsake, so suddenly, the learning that he had exercised this 30. winters, according to the example of some, whose name I wil now recite, and according to the present doing of Phillip Rampington, now Bishop of Lincolne, by Gods grace, I will learne by them to fly such slander as thy haue defiled themselues with, and as much as is in them, they haue enuenomed all the Church of God, by their flaunderous reuoking at Paules Crosse, and how now Phillip Rampington pursueth Christs people, which will not be vnpunished of God.