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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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This Veselus and the foresaid Vesalianus were great friends: and when Vesalianus was condemned, this Veselus thought that the Inquisitor would also examine him. He was so worthy a man, that the people called him Luxmundi. He reprehended the Papists doctrines of the division of Repentance, and Purgatory, and works of Supererogation, and Pardons, and Indulgences, and disputed against them at Rome and at Paris; so that many of the Popes Court persuaded by him, began to speak more freely and more boldly against these matters ⟨p. 154⟩then himself did: he disallowed the abuses of the Masses, prayers for the dead, and the Supremacy of the Pope, and that no such supreme head over all others ought to be in the world: and that the Pope hath no authority to command, but so far as truth goeth with him, and that he ought not to prevail by commanding, but by teaching that the Pope and the Prelates proceeding against Christs Doctrine, are plain Antichrists. He said those Priests that had vowed not to marry, and were not able to be chaste might break there vow.
THis Veselus and the foresaid Vesalianus were great friends: and when Vesalianus was condemned, this Veselus thought that the Inquisitor would also examine him. He was so worthy a man, that the people called him Luxmundi. He reprehended the Papists doctrines of the diuision of Repentance, and Purgatorie, and workes of Supererogation, and Pardons, and Indulgences, and disputed against them at Rome and at Paris; so that many of the Popes Court perswaded by him, began to speake more freely and more boldly against these matters ⟨p. 154⟩then himselfe did: hee disallowed the abuses of the Masses, prayers for the dead, and the Supremacie of the Pope, and that no such supreme head ouer all others ought to bee in the world: and that the Pope hath no authoritie to command, but so farre as truth goeth with him, and that hee ought not to preuaile by commanding, but by teaching that the Pope and the Prelates proceeding against Christes Doctrine, are plaine Antichristes. Hee said those Priestes that had vowed not to marrie, and were not able to bee chaste might breake there vow.