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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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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.
4 The fained m•racles of the Sacrament of bread, induceth almost all to Idolatry, because they thinke the body, which is neuer out of heauen, is included in the little bread which they shew the people: the Feast of Corpus Christi and the seruice thereof, inuented by Thomas Aquinas, fained and full of false myracles, for hee would haue made a myracle of an Hens Egge: these lies openly preached, turne to the approbry of him that is alwaies true.
The Orcismes or blessings over the Wine, Bread, Water, Oil, Salt, Incense, the Altar Stone about the Church walls, over the Vestment, Chalice, Mitre, Cross, and Pilgrim-staves, are the practices of Negromancers, for by it the Creatures are honoured to be of more virtue then by nature they are, and we see no change in any creature exercised, except it be by false faith, which is the principal point of devilish Art: if the conjuring of Holy Water were true, it would be an excellent Medicine for all kind of sicknesses and sores, the contrary whereof daily experience teacheth.
The Orcismes or blessings ouer the Wine, Bread, Water, Oyle, Salt, Incence, the Altar Stone about the Church walles, ouer the Uestment, Chalice, Myter, Crosse, and Pilgrim-staues, are the practices of Negromancers, for by it the Creatures are honored to be of more vertue then by nature they are, and we sée no change in any creature exercised, except it be by false faith, which is the principall point of diuellish Art: if the coniuring of Holy Water were true, it would bee an excellent Medicine for all kinde of sicknesses and sores, the contrarie whereof dayly experience teacheth.