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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
To the reader: THE EPISTLE UNTO THE RBADER.To the reader: THE EPISTLE VNTO THE RBADER.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Touching his inward or spiritual seat, S. Paul 2. Thess. 2. 24. saith, He sitteth as God in the Temple of God: Antichrist signifieth an adversary of Christ; and if it had bin meant of the Turk, or any other adversary that did not profess Christianity, he might easily be seen without so many revelations: but he is, according to the description of a false Prophet, Mat. 7. 15. a most grievous Wolfe to Christs Lambs, and yet so covered with a sheeps skin, that it is impossible to know him without the spirit of God. Outwardly he seemeth to be a good tree, but his fruit is nothing but thorns and thistles to destroy Gods children. Matth. 24. 24. Christ calleth them false Christs and false Prophets, prophesying, that they shall do such wonders, that if it were possible they should deceive the elect; so thou seest the Antichrist which is prophesied of must be a professor of Christ, as the Pope is, which calleth himself the Catholic Church, but he is the only adversary thereof, as this book will teach thee by experience.
Touching his inward or spirituall seat, S. Paule 2. Thess. 2. 24. saith, He sitteth as God in the Temple of God: Antichrist signifieth an aduersary of Christ; and if it had bin meant of the Turke, or any other aduersary that did not professe Christianitie, he might easily be seene without so many reuelations: but hee is, according to the description of a false Prophet, Mat. 7. 15. a most grieuous Wolfe to Christs Lambs, and yet so couered with a sheeps skin, that it is impossible to know him without the spirit of God. Outwardly he seemeth to be a good tree, but his fruit is nothing but thornes and thistles to destroy Gods children. Matth. 24. 24. Christ calleth them false Christs and false Prophets, prophecying, that they shall do such wonders, that if it were possible they should deceiue the elect; so thou seest the Antichrist which is prophecied of must be a professor of Christ, as the Pope is, which calleth himselfe the Catholique Church, but he is the onely aduersary thereof, as this book will teach thee by experience.