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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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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.
And that hee knew and taught, that wee ought to obay the higher powers, how peru•rsly soeuer they liued, so that they inforce vs not to deny the word of God.
Then they admonished him to submit himself to the Emperor and the Empires Judgment, he answered he was well content, so that this were done with authority of the word of God, and that he would not give place except they taught sound Doctrine by the word of God, and that St. Augustine writeth, he had learned to give honour only to the Canonical books of the Scripture, and touching other Doctors, though they excel in holiness, and learning he would not credit them unless they pronounced truth, and St. Paul saith, prove all things, follow that which is good, and again, if an Angel teach otherwise let him be accursed, finally, he meekly besought them not to urge his conscience, captived in the bands of the word of God, to deny that excellent word.
Then they admonished him to submit himselfe to the Emperour and the Empires Iudgment, hee answered hee was well content, so that this were done with authority of the word of God, and that he would not giue place except they taught sound Doctrine by the word of God, and that St. Augustine writeth, hee had learned to giue honor onely to the Canonicall bookes of the Scripture, and touching other Doctors, though they excell in holin•sse, and learning hee would not credit them vnlesse they pronouced truth, and St. Paule saith, proue all things, follow that which is good, and againe, if an Angell teach otherwise let him bee accursed, finally, hee meekely besought them not to vrge his conscience, captiued in the bands of the word of God, to deny that excellent word.