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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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Thorpe. It is every Priests duty to Preach busily, freely, and truly the word of God, and they should take the Order of Priesthood chiefly to make Gods word known to the people, and approving the truth of the word by his virtuous works and for this purpose chiefly Bishops and Prelates should take their Prelacy, and for this cause Bishops should give their Orders, and should accept none to be Priest▪ except he were well disposed, and well learned to Preach. Wherefore, by the example and Doctrine of Christ, and his Apostles, and Prophets, we are bound under full great pain so to do.
Thorpe. It is euery Priests duetie to Preach busily, freely, and truely the word of God, and they should take the Order of Priesthood chiefly to make Gods word kn•wne to the people, and approuing the truth of the word by his vertuous workes and for this purpose chiefly Bishops and Prelates should take their Prelacie, and for this cause Bishops should giue their Orders, and should accept none to be Priest▪ except he were well disposed, and well learned to Preach. Wherefore, by the example and Doctrine of Christ, and his Apostles, and Prophets, wée are bound vnder full great paine so to doe.
Bishop. Le••de losel, why makest thou me such vain reasons, asketh not Saint Paul, How should Priests Preach, except they be sent? And I sent thee not to Preach. And saith not Sai•t Paul, Subjects ought to obey their Sovereigns, and not only the good and virtuous, but tyrants and vicious.
Bishop. Le••de losell, why makest thou mée such vaine reasons, asketh not Saint Paul, How should Priests Preach, except they be sent? And I sent thée not to Preach. And saith not Sai•t Paul, Subiects ought to obey their Soueraignes, and not only the good and vertuous, but tyrants and vicious.