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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
In the year 1384. he wrote an Epistle to Pope Urban the sixth, that the Gospel of Christ was the whole body of the Law, and that Christ was very God, and very man: and that the Pope Christs Vicar was bound most of all other unto the Gospel, for the greatness of Christs Disciples consisteth not in worldly honour, but in near •ollowing the life and manners of Christ▪ Christ was a most poor man, casting off all worldly rule and honour, therefore none ought to follow the Pope, nor other holy man, but as they follow Christ: for Peter and the sons of Zebedee in desiring worldly honours offended, and therein they are not to be followed, therefore the pope ought to leave his temporal dominion to the secular power, and thereunto exhort his whole Clergy.
In the yeare 1384. he wrot an Epistle to Pope Vrban the sixt, that the Gospell of Christ was the whole body of the Law, and that Christ was very God, and very man: and that the Pope Christs Uicar was bound most of all other vnto the Gospel, for the greatnes of Christs Disciples consisteth not in worldly honour, but in néere •ollowing the life and manners of Christ▪ Christ was a most poore man, casting off all worldly rule and honour, therefore none ought to follow the Pope, nor other holy man, but as they follow Christ: for Peter and the sonnes of Zebedy in desiring worldly honours offended, and therein they are not to be followed, therefore the pope ought to leaue his temporall dominion to the seculer power, and therevnto exhort his whole Clergy.
There was none so great enemies to him as the Clergy, yet he had many good friends both of the meaner sort & the Nobility: amongst whom these men are numbered: John Clenton, Lewis Clifford, Richard Sturius, Thomas Latimer, William Nevil, John Mountegew, who plucked down all the Images in his Church: the Earle of Salisbury when he died refused the Sacrament of the Altar, and confession: and one John of Northampton Mayor of London, who used such severe punishment against the ⟨p. 90⟩