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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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Latimer. Touching the vehement saying of Saint Augustine: I would not believe the Gospel, but for the Church. Melancton upon this saith, the Church is not a Judge, but a witness, there were some that lightly esteemed the Judgement of the Church, and preaching, and rejected the outward word, and stuck only to there inward revelations: This drove Saint Augustine into that vehemency, in which he seemeth to them that understand not his meaning, to prefer the Church before the Gospel, and that it had authority over the same, but that godly man never thought so.
Latimer. Touching the vehement saying of Saint Augustine: I would not beleeue the Gospel, but for the Church. Melancton vpon this saith, the Church is not a Iudge, but a witnes, there were some that lightly esteemed the Iudgement of the Church, and preaching, and reiected the outward word, and stucke onely to there inward reuelations: This droue Saint Augustine into that vehemencie, in which he seemeth to them that vnderstand not his meaning, to prefer the Church before the Gospel, and that it had authoritie ouer the same, but that godly man neuer thought so.
Anto: General Councils represent the universal Church: and Christ hath promised to be in the middest, where two or three be gathered together in his name: Therefore much more where there is so great a multitude, but in general Councils Mass hath been approved and used, therefore it is good.
Anto: Generall Councels represent the vniuerfall Church: and Christ hath promised to be in the middest, where two or three be gathered together in his name: Therefore much more where there is so great a multitude, but in generall Councels Masse hath been approued and vsed, therefore it is good.
Ridley. It is true, that where so many be gathered together in Christs name, it is not credible, but two or three be gathered together in his name, but if there be an hundred good, & two hndreth bad, being the Decrees & Ordinances go according to most voices, what can the less number of voices prevail: It is a common proverb, often the greater part overcometh the better: but it is impossible that any such Council of good men allowed such a Mass as ours was of late, in a strange tongue, and stuffed with so many absurdities, errors, and superstitions: for as there is no agreement betwixt light and darkness, Christ and Belial: so superstition and sincere religion, will-worship, and pure worship in spirit and truth, can never agree together.