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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
Book 11 › The fifth Examination.Book 11 › The fift Examination.
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Phil. I am sure he doth not, for he writing to Cornelius Bishop of Rome, called him his companion and fellow Bishop, and calleth him not Pope nor any other usurped terms, which are now ascribed unto the Bishop of Rome. Then they brought forth Cyprian, and turned unto the third Epistle, where he saith it goeth not well with the Church, when the High Priest is not obeyed, which supplieth the steed of Christ, after Gods word, and the consent of the Bishops, and the agreement of the people.
Phil. I am sure he doth not, for he writing to Cornelius Bishop of Rome, called him his companion and fellow Bishop, and calleth him not Pope nor any other vsurped termes, which are now ascribed vnto the Bishop of Rome. Then they brought forth Cyprian, and turned vnto the third Epistle, where hee saith it goeth not well with the Church, when the High Priest is not obayed, which supplieth the steed of Christ, after Gods word, and the consent of the Bishops, and the agreement of the people.
Saver. How can you avoid this place which maketh so plain for the Bishop of Rome his Supremacy.
Sauer. How can you auoid this place which maketh so plaine for the Bishop of Rome his Supremacie.
Phil. It maketh not so plain: First hear you may see that he calleth Cornelius his fellow Bishop, as he doth also in other places, you do misconstrue that same to make the high Priest only for the Bishop of Rome, and otherwise then it was in his time: for there were by the Nicene Council four Patriarchs appointed: The Patriarch of Jerusalem, and the Patriarch of Constantinople: The Patriarch of Alexandria, and the Patriarch of Rome: of which four the Patriarch of Rome was lowest placed in the Council, and so continued many years for the time of seven or eight general Councils: Therefore Cyprian writeth unto Cornelius, Patriarch of Rome, because certain heretics, as the Nuatians which were excommunicated by him, went from his Diocese to the Patriarchs of Rome, or of Constantinople, and there were received in the Communion of there congregation in derogation of good discipline, and maintaining of schisms: in that obedience is not given unto the Priest of GOD, being in Christs stead, not meaning the Patriarch of Rome only, but every Patriarch in his precinct, who had every one of them a Cathedral Church of learned Priests, in hearing of whom by a Convocation of all his fellow Bishops, with the consent of the people, all heresies were determined by the Word of GOD, and this is the meaning of Cyprian.