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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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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,1 I will say to my soul, eat, drink and be merry, thou hast much goods laid up for many years. If Paul said 1300. years past, we be those to whom the ends of the world is come, much more we may say the same, and Chrysostom saith, when thou seest the Sun so low that the valleys be dark, thou knowest night is near: much more when it is so low that the hills be dark, so if thou seest darkness of sin have mastery of secular men, it is a token the end of the world is nigh: but when thou seest the darkness of sin hath gotten the upper hand of Priests, that should be as hills amongst the commonalty in perfect living, who doubteth but that the world is at an end: and Abbas Joakim saith from the year 1200. all times be to be suspected: and Ildiger in her prophesies saith, as the seventh day the world was full made, and God rested from his work: so in seven thousand years the number of them that shall be saved shall be fulfilled, and then shall the Saints wholly rest in body and soul: and now it is from the Creation six thousand and six hundred years.
The second Somner the age of the world, the day of the end of the world was hid from the Apostles, and from Christs manhood as to shew it vs: yet by authorities of Scriptures we may show that that day of wrath draweth neere, least any say as that foule belly seruer,1 I will say to my soule, eate, drinke and be merry, thou hast much goods laid vp for many yeares. If Paul said 1300. yeares past, we be those to whom the ends of the world is come, much more we may say the same, and Chrisostome saith, when thou seest the Sunne so low that the vallies be darke, thou knowest night is néere: much more when it is so low that the hils be darke, so if thou seest darknes of sinne haue mastery of seculer men, it is a token the end of the world is nigh: but when thou seest the darknes of sinne hath gotten the vpper hand of Priests, that should be as hilles amongst the communaltie in perfect liuing, who doubteth but that the world is at an end: and Abbas Ioakim saith from the yeare 1200. all times be to be suspected: and Ildiger in her prophesies saith, as the seuenth day the world was full made, and God rested from his worke: so in seuen thousand yeares the number of them that shall be saued shall be fulfilled, and then shall the Saints wholly rest in body and soule: and now it is from the Creation six thousand and six hundred yeares.