A07225:1882
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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He rejoiced in the sum of that true doctrine whereby we are coupled so Christ, and saved by free justification by his blood: he compared the papistical doctrine to the Serpents deceiving; and left they should be deceived by it, he made a comparison betwixt the voice of Christ and the popish Serpent, wherein he showed the difference betwixt the Service set forth by King Edward in the English t•ng, and the popish service then used in the Latin tong. And that the first was good, because it was according to the word of God, & the order of the primate church. The other is evil, because though some good Latin words be in it, yet was it but as it were a little honey and milk with a great deal of poison to drink up all.
He reioyced in the summe of that true doctrine whereby wee are coupled so Christ, and saued by free iustification by his bloud: he compared the papisticall doctrine to the Serpents deceauing; and left they should be deceiued by it, he made a comparison betwixt the voyce of Christ and the popish Serpent, wherein he shewed the difference betwixt the Seruice set forth by King Edward in the English t•ng, and the popish seruice then vsed in the Latine tong. And that the first was good, because it was according to the word of God, & the order of the primate church. The other is euill, because though some good Latine words be in it, yet was it but as it were a little hony and milke with a great deale of poison to drinke vp all.
In the afternoon he being ready to preach again to the Bishop▪ where was Sir John Mordant. Boner •aid unto his charge the breaking of the proclamation, and also heresy: but his Charity was content to let alone the Treason. But he would prove him an heretic, and all such as taught the administration of the Sacraments, and the order of the Primitive Church are most pure that come nearest to the order of the Primitive Church, for the church was then in her infancy and could not abide that perfection, which was after to be furnished with ceremonies,