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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.
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.
Thorpe. None of you will grant us any such licence, but we must oblige us to you• by unlawful Oaths, not to pass the bonds you will limit us, and we dar• not so oblige our selves. Wherefore, though we have no such licenses, we dare not leave the office of Preaching, for so mu•h as we have taken upon us the Office of Priesthood, trusting God will be our sufficient letters and witness, if we occupy us faithfully to d•e our Office justly; yea, the hearers shall be our Letters, for the truth, where it is s•wne, cannot be unwitnessed, as Saint Paul saith; We need no Letters of commendations, a• some do, which Preach for covetousness, and mens praisings. Touching obedience to superiors, good superiors with sound Doctrine and holy conversation, to them we must willingly and gladly obey, consenting to their charitable biddings, and working after their fruitful works, of these Saint Paul speaketh; Be mindful of your Sovereigns, that speak to you in the word of God, and follow the faith of them, whose conversation you know to be virtuous. These Sovereigns make fervent prayers, that they, and their Subjects may live in the fear and love of God, and live so virtuously, that they that will live well may take example by them: but Subjects ought not to obey Tyrants, whose biddings and works are vicious, that they ought to be hated and left. But if they menace oppressions and punishings, Saint Peter biddeth the servants of such Tyrants, to, Obey meekly, suffering patiently their malicious cruelty: but he counselleth not any servant or subject, to obey any Lord, Prince, or Sovereign in any thing not pleasing to God.