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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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Yet though the former Monks were better then the latter, yet amongst them superstition began to creep into the Church, by the subtlety of Satan, and all for the ignorance of free justification by Faith in Christ, as for example; One Abbot Moses testifieth of himself, that he so afflicted himself with fasting, and watching, that he felt no appetite to meat, and could not sleep, that he prayed to God to give him a little sleep some piece of the night. This Cassianus doth testify, Cap. 7. Cola. •. He saith also of an old Hermite that made a vow he would never eat without some guest, sometimes fasted three or four days for lack of guests.
Yet though the former Monkes were better then the latter, yet amongst them superstition beganne to créepe into the Church, by the subtiltie of Satan, and all for the ignorance of frée iustification by Faith in Christ, as for example; One Abbot Moses testifieth of himselfe, that hee so afflicted himselfe with fasting, and watching, that hee felt no appetite to meate, and could not sleepe, that hee prayed to God to giue him a little sléepe some péece of the night. This Cassianus doth testifie, Cap. 7. Cola. •. Hée saith also of an olde Hermite that made a vowe hée would neuer eate without some guest, sometimes fasted thrée or foure dayes for lacke of guestes.
One Mucius, to declare his obedience to the Abbot, did not stick at the commandment of the Abbot, to cast his son into the water, not knowing whether any were there to save him from drowning, preferring the Abbots commandment before the commandment of God. And Basilius Magnus, and Nazeanzenus, with immoderate austerity, did so pluck down themselves, that when they were called to be Bishops, they were not able to sustain the labour thereof.
One Mucius, to declare his obedience to the Abbot, did not sticke at the commaundement of the Abbot, to cast his sonne into the water, not knowing whetherany were there to saue him from drowning, preferring the Abbots commaundement before the commaundement of God. And Basilius Magnus, and Nazeanzenus, with immoderate austeritie, did so plucke downe themselues, that when they were called to bee Bishoppes, they were not able to sustaine the laboure thereof.