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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.
I said it were good to know what reward the good shall have, and what reward the wicked shall have: it is written, Christ shall come with the same body that was crucified, all that shall be saved shall cleave to him, and be ravished, meeting him in the air, they that shall be damned lying upon the earth. Then Christ shall ask account of deeds of mercy, reproving false Christians for leaving them undone, rehearsing the pains that his true servants have suffered: then the wicked with the ⟨p. 111⟩Devil shall go into everlasting fire, and the righteous into everlasting life: then that which is written shall be fulfilled.
I said it were good to know what reward the good shall haue, and what reward the wicked shall haue: it is written, Christ shall come with the same body that was crucified, all that shall be saued shall cleaue to him, and be rauished, meeting him in the ayre, they that shall be damned lying vpon the earth. Then Christ shall aske account of deeds of mercy, reproouing false Christians for leauing them vndone, rehearsing the paines that his true seruants haue suffered: then the wicked with the ⟨p. 111⟩Diuell shall goe into euerlasting fire, and the righteous into •uerlasting life: then that which is written shall be fulfilled.
Woe woe, to them that dwell on the earth; woe to the Paynim that worshipped Idols, and other creatures; woe to the Jew that trusted too much in the Old Law, and despised Christ; woe to the false Christian that knew the will of God, and did it not, and hath not contemplated his mercies and ways, and been thankful for his benefits, and hast made thy hart a house of swine, & a den of thieves, by unclean thoughts and delights: thou hast shut God out of thy heart, and he shall shut thee out of heaven, thou hast harboured the fiend, and thou shalt ever dwell with him in hell, thou shouldest have sung holy, holy, holy Lord: but thou shalt cry woe, woe, woe to me: but they that be saved shall joy in God, Joy all amongst themselves, and one of an others salvation: how happy be they that their travels be finished, and brought to so gracious an end: especially, that they have escaped the pains: O how happy are they for the endless bliss which they have in the sight of God.