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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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At which time, when he was appointed to answer, he answered to this effect; All my books are not of one sort: there be some in which I have so simply and Evangelically entreated of the religion of faith and honest conversation, that my very enemies are compelled to confess they be profitable, and worthy to be read of all Christians; and the Popes Bull judgeth certain of my books inculpable: if I should revoke these, I should condemn that truth which friends and foes confess.
At which time, when he was appointed to answer, he answered to this effect; All my books are not of one sort: there be some in which I haue so simplie and Euangelically intreated of the religion of faith and honest conuersation, that my very enemies are compelled to confesse they be profitable, and worthy to be read of all Christians; and the Popes Bull iudgeth certaine of my books inculpable: if I should reuoke these, I should condemne that truth which friends and foes confesse.
There is another sort of my books, which contain invectives against the Pope and doctrine of the Papists, as against those which have corrupted all Christendom bodily and spiritually, with their pestiferous doctrine, and pernicious examples: for I cannot dissemble this, when the universal experience and common complaint of all bear witness, that the consciences of all faithful men have been most miserably entrapped, vexed, and most cruelly tormented by the Popes laws, and doctrine of men: and further, their substance devoured, specially in this famous Country of Germany.
There is another sort of my books, which containe inuectiues against the Pope and doctrine of the Papists, as against those which haue corrupted all Christendom bodily and spiritually, with their pestiferous doctrine, and pernicious examples: for I cannot dissemble this, when the vniuersall experience and common complaint of all beare witnesse, that the consciences of all faithfull men haue béen most miserably intrapped, vexed, and most cruelly tormented by the Popes lawes, and doctrine of men: and further, their substance deuoured, specially in this famous Countrey of Germanie.