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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
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Thorpe. I thank God, for all this, I was not afraid, but my heart rejoiced, and still doth; for I then thought, and yet think, that grace shall come to all the Church of God ⟨p. 98⟩herethorow, and I said, I doubt not but I can prove that they which are feigned to be out of holy Church at Shrewsbury, and other places, are in true Faith of holy Church, for they dread to offend God, and love to please him, i• true and faithful keeping his commandments; and they that are said to be in faith of holy Church there, and in other places, are proud, envious, covetous, lecherous, and foul in words and deeds, and know not, nor will know the right Faith of holy Church, their customable swearing, and shameful works witness it. And sir, where you say, I have troubled the Commonalty with Preaching, it is not to be wondered at of wise men, seeing all the Commonalty of Jerusalem was troubled at Christ, & all the Synagogue of Nazareth moved against him, that they led him to a mountain, and would have cast him down headlong.
Thorpe. I thanke God, for all this, I was not afraid, but my heart reioyced, and still doth; for I then thought, and yet thinke, that grace shall come to all the Church of God ⟨p. 98⟩herethorow, and I said, I doubt not but I can proue that they which are fained to bee out of holy Church at Shrewsbury, and other places, are in true Faith of holy Church, for they dread to offend God, and loue to please him, i• true and faithfull keeping his commaundements; and they that are said to be in faith of holy Church there, and in other places, are proud, e••ious, co•etous, lechero•s, and foule in words and deeds, and know not, nor will know the right Faith of holy Church, their customable swearing, and shamefull workes witnesse it. And sir, where you say, I haue troubled the Communaltie with Preaching, it is not to be wondred at of wise men, seeing all the Communaltie of Ierusalem was troubled at Christ, & all the Synagogue of Nazaret moued against him, that they led him to a mountaine, and would haue cast him downe headlong.