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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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RidI. The Church is taken three manner of ways in the Scripture: sometime for the whole multitude of the professors of Christ, but as every one is not a Jew which is a Jew outwardly: nor all that be of Israel, are counted the seed: So every one that is a Christian outwardly is not so indeed: For he that hath not the Spirit of Christ is none of his. The Church that Christ Jesus is head of stands only of living Stones: Christians in heart and truth, and not in word only: The multitude of the good are the true Church, the multitude of the evil is the malignant Church, and Synagogue of Satan: These be the three takings of the Church: and though there be seldom mention in Scriptures in this interpretation, y•t in the greatest assemblies of the world, this Church hath borne the greatest swing. But▪ if any will affirm, that universality doth so appertain unto the church, ⟨p. 296⟩that Christs promises to the Church must needs be understood of that; where was that universal Church, in the times of the Patriarchs, and Prophets: Of Noah, Abraham, and Moses, (when they would have stoned him) of Elijah, of Jeremiah, in the times of Christ, and the dispersion of the Apostles in the time of Arius When Constantius was Emperor, •and Felix Bishop of Rome succeeded Lyberius, Lyra upon Matthew saith, the Church doth not stand in men by reason of their power and dignity, whether it be Ecclesiastical or Secular, for Princes and Popes and other inferiors have fallen away from GOD: Therefore the Church consisteth in those persons in whom is true knowledge, and Confession of the Faith, and truth: evil men are in the Church in name, but not in deed.
RidI. The Church is taken three manner of waies in the Scripture: sometime for the whole multitude of the professors of Christ, but as euery one is not a Iew which is a Iew outwardly: nor all that be of Israel, are counted the seede: So euery one that is a Christian outwardly is not so indeede: For hee that hath not the Spirit of Christ is none of his. The Church that Christ Iesus is head of stands onely of liuing Stones: Christians in heart and truth, and not in worde onely: The multitude of the good are the true Church, the multitude of the euill is the malignant Church, and Synagogue of Satan: These be the three takings of the Church: and though there be seldom mention in Scriptures in this interpretation, yt in the greatest assemblies of the world, this Church hath borne the greatest swing. But if any will affirme, that vniuersalitie doth so appertaine vnto the church,