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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 Saint Cyprian in his Epistle ad Cicilium fratrem, teacheth how we ought to hear Christ only, not regarding traditions of men, like as he doth in divers other places. And this agreeth well with Scripture, which is called the word of salvation, the administration of righteousness, the word of truth, the rod of direction, our spiritual food, the spiritual sword that we ought to fight withal against all temptations and assaults of our ghostly enemies, the seed of God, the kingdom of heaven, the keys of the same, the power of God, the light of the world, the law of God, his wisdom and Testament: every one of which words will give sufficient matter of argument, that following the same doctrine only shall have sufficient safe conduct to come unto the inheritance promised, though no other way or mea•s were annexed unto the same. In the hundred and eighteen Psalm, David saith, The word of God is true and his way verity; every man is vanity and lying: and Christ saith, Every one that heareth my words and doth them, is like one that buildeth his house upon a sure foundation; and that there is none other foundation by S. Paul: and he would have us follow one doctrine of Christ to a unity of faith, that we may be perfect men; not carried about with every wind of doctrine, brought up by the slights and wiliness of men that study to deceive us.
And Saint Cyprian in his Epistle ad Cicilium fratrem, teacheth how we ought to heare Christ only, not regarding traditions of men, like as he doth in diuers other places. And this agreeth well with Scripture, which is called the word of saluation, the administration of righteousnesse, the word of truth, the rodde of direction, our spirituall food, the spirituall sword that we ought to fight withall against all temptations and assaults of our glostly enemies, the seed of God, the kingdome of heauen, the keyes of the same, the power of God, the light of the world, the law of God, his wisedome and Testament: euery one of which wordes will giue sufficient matter of argument, that following the same doctrine only shal haue sufficient safeconduct to come vnto the inheritance promised, though no other way or mea•s were ann•xed vnto the same. In the hundred and eightéene Psalme, Dauid saith, The word of God is true and his way verity; euery man is vanity and lying: and Christ saith, Euery one that heareth my words and doth them, is like one that buildeth his house vpon a sure foundation; and that there is none other foundation by S. Paule: and he would haue vs follow one doctrine of Christ to a vnitie of faith, that we may bee perfect men; not carried about with euery winde of doctrine, brought vp by the slights and wilines of men that tudie to deceiue vs.