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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. Not so, for all creatures are the Images of Gods glory, and a man is made after Gods Image, and they are worshipful in their ••nde; but the […] or painting of Images, though it be in high dignity with man, and for a Calendar to lewd men, that nether will nor can be learned to know God in his word, nor by his creatures, nor wonderful works; yet this Imaginary ought not to be worshipped.
Thorpe. Not so, for all c•eatures are the Images of Gods glory, and a man is made after Gods Image, and they are worshipfull in their ••nde; but the 〈…〉 or painting of Images, though it be in high dignitie with man, and for a Calender to lewde men, that nether will nor can be learned to know God in his word, nor by his creatures, nor wonderfull workes; yet this Imaginarie ought not to be worshipped.
Bishop. But a Crucifix ought to be worshipped, for the Passion of Christ is painted therein, and brought to our remembrance thereby, so of the Image of the Trinity, and of the Virgin Mary, and of the Saints: as when men receive the Kings, or their Lords Seal, wherein is their Pictures or Arms, in worship of them they put off their caps to these Letters, and since in Images we may know many things of God and his Saints, shall we not worship their Images?
Bishop. But a Crucifixe ought to be worshipped, for the Passion of Christ is painted therein, and brought to our remembrance thereby, so of the Image of the Trinitie, and of the Uirgine Mary, and of the Saints: as when men receiue the Kings, or their Lords Seale, whe•ein is their Pictures or Armes, in worshippe of them they put off their cappes to these Letters, and since in Images we may know many things of God and his Saints, shall we not worship their Images?