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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 fourth Seal t•lleth the state of the Church in the time of hypocrites, that by outward signs of repentance only blind the people: the pale colour of the Horse signifieth their hypocrisy, the rider was death, to signify they slay ghostly, that teach any other way but Christ, and Hell followeth them▪ for Hell receiveth those that deceive men: in that time it was needful that the fourth beast the Eagle which flieth highest of all Birds, to make his cry, to raise up the Gospel, least mens traditions overgrow it, by the information of these hypocrites: The fifth Seal showeth the state of them that shall follow, and the desire the followers of Gods law shall have to be delivered from this woe. The sixth Seal telleth the state of the Church in Antichrists limbs; the Angels that stood in the four corners of the earth, to hold the four winds from blowing are the Devils Ministers: the four winds are the four Gospels, they shall let the preaching thereof, and the breath of the Holy Ghost to fall upon men: after this cometh the mystery of the seven Seals, that Antichrist is come in his own person, whom Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, he and his servants shall show their uttermost persecution against Christ and his subjects.
The fourth Seale t•lleth the state of the Church in the time of hypocrites, that by outward signes of repentance onely blind the people: the pale colour of the Horse signifieth their hypocrisie, the rider was death, to signifie they slay ghostly, that teach any other way but Christ, and Hell followeth them▪ for Hell receiueth those that deceiue men: in that time it was needfull that the fourth beast the Eagle which flyeth highest of all Birds, to make his cry, to raise vp the Gospel, least mens traditions ouergrow it, by the information of these hypocrites: The fift Seale sheweth the state of them that shall follow, and the desire the followers of Gods law shall haue to bee deliuered from this woe. The sixt Seale tell•th the state of the Church in Antichrists limmes; the Angels that stood in the foure corners of the earth, to hold the foure windes from blowing are the Diuels Ministers: the foure windes are the foure Gospels, they shall let the preaching thereof, and the breath of the Holy Ghost to fall vpon men: after this commeth the mysterie of the seuen Seales, that Antichrist is come in his owne person, whom Iesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, hee and his seruants shall show their vttermost persecution against Christ and his subiects.