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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
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.
First touching the Popes Supremacy, these holy ones magnify their Lord as common thieves prefer their Captains, calling them every where most honest men, for it is evident that none in the whole world is given to more riot, no• seeketh more greedily to all kind of delicates and wantonness, and aboundeth with all vices: as treason, murder, rapine, and all kind of such evils as He.
FIrst touching the Popes Supremacy, these holy ones magnisse their Lord as common the•ues pre•erre their Captaines, calling them euery where most honest men, for it is euident that none in the whole world is giuen to more ryot, no• séeketh more gréedily to all kind of delicates and wantonnesse, and aboundeth with al vices: as treason, murther, rapine, and all kind of such euills as He.
And where they affirm him to be Christ Vicar on earth, it shall appear, that he cannot exercise more power then other Bishops: for whereas they say Peter had power over the Apostles, and consequently over the whole Church, the which power succeeds to the Bishop of Rome, but by the Scriptures we may easily see how […] they lie in the Council: in the 15. of the Acts Peter heard them speak thei• minds, received their Judgment, and followed their decree, is this to have pow•r over others, and in his first Epistle, writing to the Bishops and Pastors: he saith, • beseech the Bishops and Pastors which are amongst you, for so much as I my self […] also a Bishop and witness of the afflictions of Christ & partaker of the glory which shall be revealed, that they diligently feed the flock committed unto them: why then do they challenge the authority of S. Peter which he never acknowledged in himself? I doubt not but it Peter were here he would rebuke their madness, as Moses did Joshua which was so zealous towards him.