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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.
The second Summoner is age, he will not leave thee until he have brought thee to death: yet many, though they see all their members decayed with age, take no heed; but if he see a little mirth forgetteth the Summoner hath him by the sleeve, and what a reckoning he must make, which if he answer not well, he forfeiteth body and soul to damnation: a Doctor saith, this is the greatest abuse of the world; the reason is because these three, idle youth, unhonest speech, and wicked deed, which if they grow with a man from his childhood to his old age, they make a three-fold cord to bind the old man in custom of sin: wherefore Isaiah saith, break the cords of sin.
The second Somner is age, hee will not leaue thee vntill hee haue brought thee to death: yet many, though they see all their members decayed with age, take no heed; but if he see a little mirth forgetteth the Somner hath him by the sleeue, and what a reckoning he must make, which if he answere not well, he forfeiteth body and soule to damnation: a Doctor saith, this is the greatest abuse of the world; the reason is because these three, idle youth, vnhonest speech, and wicked déed, which if they grow with a man from his childhood to his old age, they make a three-fold cord to binde the old man in custome of sinne: wherefore Esay saith, breake the cordes of sinne.
The third Summoner is death, his condition is come, he, first or last spareth neither poor nor rich: Saint Augustine saith, we ought fear death, for in what estate it findeth one, it bringeth him to Judgement: therefore the Wise man saith to his Son, think on the last day, and thou shalt never sin.
The third Somner is death, his condition is come, hee, first or last spareth neither poore nor rich: Saint Augustine saith, wee ought feare death, for in what estate it findeth one, it bringeth him to Iudgement: therefore the Wise man saith to his Sonne, thinke on the last day, and thou shalt neuer sinne.