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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.
Attalus was brought forth, with one Alexander a Phrygian Physician, who because he encouraged the Christians before the Judge, died most patiently broiled in an iron chair.
Attalus was brought forth, with one Alexander a Phrigian Phisition, who because hee encouraged the Christians before the Iudge, died most patiently broyled in an iron chaire.
After Blandina, and one Ponticus, but fifteen years old, was brought forth, the child dyed with extremity of torments: Blandina after whipping gridirons, and beasts, was cast into a net and thrown unto a wild Bull, and so gored to death; they would not suffer the dead bodies to be buried; the causes why these Persecutions were so sharp, was, because the Ethnics, being servants to the Christians, by threatening, for fear, said the Christians kept the feast of Thyestes, and incest of Oedipus, with other heinous crimes.
After Blandina, and one Ponticus, but fifteene yeares ould, was brought forth, the child dyed with extremity of torments: Blandina after whipping gridirons, and beasts, was cast into a nette and throwne vnto a wild Bull, and so gored to death; they would not suffer the dead bodies to bee buried; the causes why these Persecutions were so sharpe, was, because the Ethnicks, being seruants to the Christians, by threatning, for feare, said the Christians kept the feast of Thiestes, and incest of OEdipus, with other haiuous crimes.
Meleto Bishop of Sardis, and Claudius Apollinaris, Bishop of Hierapolis exhibited Apologies unto these Emperors for the Christians, so did Athenagoras a Philosopher and Legate of the Christians, whereby the persecution for the same time was stayed, others think that if was by a miracle in the Emperors Camp, for when the soldiers wanted water five days and were like to perish, a Legion of the Christian Soldiers withdrew themselves and prayed, whereby they obtained rain for them, selves, lightnings and hale to discomfort and put to flight their enemies, whereupon the Emperor wrote to the Governors to give thanks to the Christians, and give them peace of whom came the victory.