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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 it was great folly to go• in pilgrimage, and that preachers in times past have been Antichrists, and now it hath pleased God somewhat to show their errors; and that the miracles done in Walsingham, Canterbury, and Ipswich were done by the Devil by the sufferance of God, to blind the people: and that the pope hath not the Keys that Peter had, except he follow Peter in living, and that it was deposed against him, that he was twice pulled out of the Pulpit by the Fryers in the Diocese of Norwich: And that he exhorted the people to put away their Gods of Silver and Gold, and leave offering unto them, because it hath often been known, that those things offered, have after been given to Whores of the Stews: And that Jews and Saracens would have bec•me Christians long ago, had it not bin for the Idolatry of the Christians, in offering Candles, Wax and money to stocks and stones.
And that it was great folly to go• in pilgrimage, and that preachers in times past haue been Antichrists, and now it hath pleased God somewhat to shew their errors; and that the myracles done in Walsingham, Canterbury, and Ipswich were done by the Diuell by the sufferance of God, to blind the people: and that the pope hath not the Keyes that Peter had, except hee follow Peter in liuing, and that it was deposed against him, that hee was twice pulled out of the Pulpit by the Fryers in the Dioces of Norwich: And that hee •xhorted the people to put away their Gods of Siluer and Gold, and leaue offering vnto them, because it hath often béen knowne, that those things offered, haue after been giuen to Whoores of the Stewes: And that Iewes and Sarazens would haue bec•me Christians long agoe, had it not bin for the Idolatry of the Christians, in offering Candles, Wax and mony to stockes and stones.
In a Dialogue betwixt him and Fryer John Brusierd, he proveth three points: Firs•, that there is but one Mediator of God and Men, which is Christ: Then our Lady, S. Peter, and other Saints be no Mediators; and whatsoever we ask the Father in Christs Name we shall have, and God saith not in any other name: therefore let us ask in his name, least at the day of Judgement it be said to us, hitherto have you asked nothing in my name.