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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. Lewd •osell, there was no likeness of the Trinity in the Old Law, but since Christ became man, it is lawful to have Images to show his manhood, though great Clerks hold it an error to paint the Trinity, I say it is well done, for it mo•eth devotion, so do other Images of Saints. Beyond Sea are the best Painters, and this is their manner, before they make an Image, they shrive themselves to a Priest as if they should d•e, and take penance, and make a vow of fasting, prayer, or pilgrimage, praying the Priest to pray for them, that they may have grace to make a fayr• and devout Image.
Bishop. Lewde •osell, there was no likenesse of the Trinitie in the Old Law, but since Christ became man, it is lawfull to haue Images to shew his manhood, though great Clarkes hold it an error to paint the Trinitie, I say it is well done, for it mo•eth deuotion, so doe other Images of Saints. Beyond Sea are the best Painters, and this is their manner, before they make an Image, they shréeue themselues to a Priest as if they should d•e, and take penance, and make a vowe of fasting, prayer, or pilgrimage, praying the Priest to pray for them, that they may haue grace to make a fayr• and deuout Image.
Thorpe. I doubt not if the Painters truly understood the Scriptures they would repent themselves of their sinful and vain Art of Painting Idols, and the Priests that […] them penance, and prayed for them, sinned more then the Painters, for they comfort them in that which they are under pain of the great curs• of God they ought to forbid, for […], if the word of God were truly Preached, and ministers lived thereafter▪ there would be no need of these Images