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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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Luther answered to this effect, That the Council of Constance had erred in condemning this Article of John Hus, That the Church of Christ is the communion of the predestinate, and that we ought rather to obey God then man.
Luther answered to this effect, That the Councell of Constance had erred in condemning this Article of Iohn Hus, That the Church of Christ is the communion of the predestinat, and that we ought rather to obey God then man.
There is an offence of faith, and an offence of charity: the slander of charity consisteth in manners and life, the offence of faith and doctrine consisteth in the word of God; and they commit this offence which make not Christ the corner stone. And if Christs sheep were fed with the pure pasture of the Gospel, and the faith of Christ ⟨p. 159⟩sincerely preached, and if there were good Ecclesiastical Magistrates who duly executed their office, we should not need to charge the Church with mens traditions.
There is an offence of faith, and an offence of charitie: the slander of charity consisteth in manners and life, the offence of faith and doctrine consisteth in the word of God; and they commit this offence which make not Christ the corner stone. And if Christs sheepe were fed with the pure pasture of the Gospell, and the faith of Christ ⟨p. 159⟩sincerely preached, and if there were good Eclesiasticall Magistrates who duely executed their office, wee should not néede to charge the Church with mens traditions.
And that he knew and taught, that we ought to obey the higher powers, how perversely soever they lived, so that they enforce us not to deny the word of God.