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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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We shall likewise be called with three messengers unto the last Judgement: the first the sickness of the world, the second his age and feebleness, the third his end: as decay of Natural heat, and increase of unnatural heat, is the sickness of the body: so decay of the love of God, and our neighbour, and increase of unnatural lusts is the sickness of the world, Christ saith this is a sign of the end of the world that wickedness shall wax plenteous, and charity wax cold: know well saith Saint Paul, in the last days shall be perilous times, 1men lovers of themselves, covetous, proud, unobedient to parents, without affection, &c. when thou seest such men, know the first Summoner warneth the world that the day of reckoning draweth near.
We shall likewise be called with three messengers vnto the last Iudgement: the first the sicknes of the world, the second his age and feeblenes, the third his end: as decay of Naturall heate, and increase of vnnaturall heate, is the sicknes of the body: so decay of the loue of God, and our neighbour, and increase of vnnaturall lusts is the sicknes of the world, Christ saith this is a signe of the end of the world that wickednes shall wax plenteous, and charitie wax cold: know well saith Saint Paul, in the last daies shall be perilous times, 1men louers of themselues, couetous, proud, vnobedient to parents, without affection, &c. when thou seest suchmen, know the first Somner warneth the world that the day of reckoning draweth neere.
The second Summoner the age of the world, the day of the end of the world was hid from the Apostles, and from Christs manhood as to show it us: yet by authorities of Scriptures we may show that that day of wrath draweth near, least any say as that foul belly server,