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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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Whereas they allege out of the 16. Chapter of Matthew, Thou art Peter, and upon this rock, &c. If they do think that this was particularly spoken unto Peter, S. Cyprian and S. Augustine shall sufficiently answer them, that Christ did it not to prefer one man above the residue, but that he might set forth the unity of the Church, he saith: if this were spoken only unto Peter, the Church hath not the Keys, and if the Church have them, then Peter when he received the Keys did figurate the whole Church.
Whereas they alledge out of the 16. Chapter of Mathew, Thou art Peter, and vpon this rock, &c. If they do thinke that this was particularly spoken vnto Peter, S. Cyprian and S. Augustine shall sufficiently answer them, that Christ did it not to preferre one man aboue the residue, but that he might set forth the vnity of the Church, hee saith: if this were spoken onely vnto Peter, the Church hath not the Keyes, and if the Church haue them, then Peter when he receiued the Keyes did figurate the whole Church.
Touching their Arguments, that these words were spoken to none but Peter, this will easily be dissolved, if we know why Christ gave this name Peter to him, whose name was Simon, having respect only to the constant profession which he made of Christ, as God changed the name of Abraham from Abram, which took the name of the multitude, which should come forth of his seed: so Peter took his name of the constant confession of Christ, which indeed is the true Rocks upon which the Church is builded, and not Peter, no otherwise then Abraham was not the multitude himself, whereof he took his name: and the Church if it had been builded upon Peter, should have been builded but upon a weak foundation, who was overcome with the words of a little wench, so constantly to deny Christ, so any man may understand how these Romish builders do wrest the scriptures to their pleasures. And when they allege out of the 20. chapter of S. John, feed my sheep, it is a childish Argument, for to feed sheep, is not to bear dominion over the whole Church: and Peter exhorts all Bishops, to feed their flocks; therefore there was no authority given unto Peter more then to others, or that Peter did equally communicate the authority which he had received unto others, and did not reserve it to himself, to be transported to the Bishops of Rome.