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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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2 The substance of the second was that by no power any writing was to be canonized, contemning the Scripture, this was spoke to one that commended mans writing, and contemned the Scripture.
3 That every man in grace justifying, hath not only right to all things, but above all the good things of God, as appeareth by the 24. of Matthew, verily he shall make him ruler over all his goods: and in the eight to the Romans, God spared not his Son, but gave him for us, how then did he not give us all things with him: this allureth us to love God, that hath chosen us to so many great and true riches.
3 That euery man in grace iustifying, hath not onely right to all things, but aboue all the good things of God, as appeareth by the 24. of Mathew, verily hee shall make him ruler ouer all his goods: and in the eight to the Romans, God spared not his Sonne, but gaue him for vs, how then did hee not giue vs all things with him: this allureth vs to loue God, that hath chosen vs to so many great and true riches.
4 None can give any temporal Dominion or gift, but as the Minister of God; the Apostle saith Jesus Christ was a Minister, let not his Vicar then which should be a servant of servants be ashamed to use the ministry of the Church, for his pride of secular Dominion, with his worldly stile, seemeth blasphemy, and the advancement of Antichrist: especially, where they repute the Scriptures as cockle, and the determination of all controversies of Scripture in themselves.
4 None can giue any temporall Dominion or gift, but as the Minister of God; the Apostle saith Iesus Christ was a Minister, let not his Uicar then which should be a seruant of seruants be ashamed to vse the ministerie of the Church, for his pride of seculer Dominion, with his worldly stile, seemeth blasphemie, and the aduancement of Antichrist: especially, where they repute the Scriptures as cockle, and the determination of all controuersies of Scripture in themselues.