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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 Our priesthood that took original from Rome, is not that which Christ ordained to his Disciples, because it is done by signs and pontifical ceremonies, and benedictions of no effect, having no ground in Scripture, neither see we the Holy Ghost given by any such ceremonies, it is a dolorous mockery, to see Bishops play with the Holy Ghost, by giving of crowns when they give orders, in steed of white hearts, the mark of Antichrist, brought in to clo•e their idleness.
2 Our priesthood that tooke originall from Rome, is not that which Christ ordained to his Disciples, because it is done by signes and pontificiall ceremonies, and benedictions of no effect, hauing no ground in Scripture, neither see wee the Holy Ghost giuen by any such ceremonies, it is a dolorous mockery, to sée Bishops play with the Holy Ghost, by giuing of crownes when they giue orders, in steed of white hearts, the marke of Antechrist, brought in to clo•e their idlenes.
3 The law of Chastity, enjoined unto Priests, which was to the prejudice of women, induceth Sodomy into the Church, by reason the delicate fare of the Clergy will have a natural purgation or worse, and the secret proof of them is they do delight in women, the primate religions must be disannulled, the original of that sin.
3 The law of Chastitie, inioined vnto Priests, which was to the preiudice of women, induceth Sodomy into the Church, by reason the delicate fare of the Clergy will haue a naturall purgation or worse, and the secret proofe of them is they doe delight in women, the primate religions must be disanulled, the originall of that sinne.
4 The feigned miracles of the Sacrament of bread, induceth almost all to Idolatry, because they think the body, which is never out of heaven, is included in the little bread which they show the people: the Feast of Corpus Christi and the service thereof, invented by Thomas Aquinas, feigned and full of false miracles, for he would have made a miracle of an Hens Egg: these lies openly preached, turn to the approbry of him that is always true.