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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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• Nevertheless, as Christ when he was examined of his doctrine before Annas, and having received a buffet of the Minister, said, If I have spoken ill, bear witness of the evil. If Christ, which was assured he could not err, refused not to have testimony given against his doctrine, how much more I that cannot but err, ought earnestly ⟨p. 158⟩to entreat, if any will bear witness against my doctrine: and if any can by Scripture convince me of error, I will revoke any manner of error, and be the first that shall consume my books with fire. I conceive no greater delectation in any thing then when I behold dissentions stirred up for the word of God; for such is the course of the Gospel, as Christ saith, I came not to send peace upon the earth but a sword: I came to set a man at variance against his father.
• Neuerthelesse, as Christ when he was examined of his doctrine before Annas, and hauing receiued a buffet of the Minister, said, If I haue spoken ill, beare witnesse of the euill. If Christ, which was assured he could not erre, refused not to haue testimony giuen against his doctrine, how much more I that cannot but erre, ought earnestly ⟨p. 158⟩to intreat, if any will beare witnesse against my doctrine: and if any can by Scripture conuince me of error, I will reuoke any manner of error, and be the first that shall consume my books with fire. I conceiue no greater delectation in any thing then when I behold dissentions stirred vp for the word of God; for such is the course of the Gospell, as Christ saith, I came not to send peace vpon the earth but a sword: I came to set a man at variance against his father.
And we must think our god is terrible in his Counsels against his adversaries, lest the condemning of the word of God turn to a huge Sea of evils, lest the Empire of this young and bounteous Prince Charles be lamentably and miserably begun. I could amplify this with authorities of Scripture, and Pharaoh, the King of Babylon, and the Kings of Israel, who then most obscured the bright Sun of their glory, and procured their own ruin, when they attempted to pacify their Realms in this manner.