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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 Disciples asked Christ three questions; the first of the destruction of Jerusalem, the second of his coming to Judgement,1 the third of the end of the world: To the first he said, when the Romans besiege the City, soon after it shall be destroyed, to the second and the third he gave many tokens, as that there should be wars, pestilence, and earthquakes: lastly, when we shall see the abomination of holiness standing in the sanctuary, then who so readeth let him understand: this ⟨p. 110⟩abomination as Doctors say shall be in the great Antichrists days 1240. days: and a Doctor saith that a day must be taken for a year by authority of Scriptures, and by reason: and it is thought to this Clarke, that Antichrist shall more appear, in the year of Christ 1400. then any time before, and there lacketh but twelve years of the fulfilling thereof.2 In the opening of the seven seals is declared the state of the Church, from Christ to the end of the world: the four first seals from Christ to Antichrist; the first Seal the state of the Church in Christs and his Apostles time: the voice of the Lyon is Christs voice, the white horse his Disciples, the whiteness showeth their righteousness, by their bow their true preaching, pricking repentance into mens hearts, they went to Jewry overcoming them to leave the trust they had in the old Law, and to trust only in Christ: they went out winning the Paynims from Idolatry to Christ: The Calf in the second Seal which is a Beast, was used to be sacrificed, betokeneth the state of the Church in the time of Martyrs, and that is tokened by the Red Horse: this began at cursed Nero, and endured unto Constantine the great that endowed the Church: in this time many shed their blo•d for the testimony of Gods word, and of two and twenty Bishops, until Sylvester the first, I read but of four but they were Martyrs: and in the time of Diocletian the Emperor, the persecution was so great, that in thirty days were slain 22000. in divers countries for the Gospel. The opening of the third Seal, telleth the state of the Church in the time of Heretics, by the Black-horse is figured false understanding of the Scripture: then cried the third Beast which is a man, for it was needful to preach Christs Incarnation and Passion against Heretics, that took those points amiss: