A07225:815
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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• For from the highest to the lowest, they do all to please the World and the Flesh, since I had discretion, all the Popes, Cardinals, Bishops, and all the contagious flock of the Priest-hood have increased damnably, […] sin to sin, ••oud Heretics, covetous Symoners, desouled Adulterers, abusing the Sacraments, especially the Sacrament of the Altar, the highest Priests occupy unlawfully Temporal Lordships, for favour and gain they sell Benefices to unworthy and unable persons. Their Sumners sell sin, suffering men and women so lye in diverse vices. The Priests sell the Sacraments full dear to the people, and thus the Priest-hood is blown up into pride, and vain-glory of their dignity, that they disdain to follow Christ in meekness, holiness, and busy Preaching of his word, and to take their living at the peoples hands, as pure alms, and if they Preach not, to labour for their living. And they enforce, that all holy Scripture should be expounded according to their manners.
• For from the highest to the lowest, they doe all to please the World and the Flesh, since I had discretion, all the Popes, Cardinals, Bishoppes, and all the contagious flocke of the Priest-hoode haue increased damnably, 〈…〉 sinne to sinne, ••oud Hereticks, couetous Symoners, desouled Adulterers, abusing the Sacram•ntes, especially the Sacrament of the Altar, the highest Priests occupie vnlawfully Temporall Lordships, for fauour and gaine they sell Benefices to vnworthy and vnable persons. Their Somn•rs sell sinne, suffering men and women so lye in diuerse vices. The Priestes sell the Sacramentes full deare to the people, and thus the Priest-hoode is blowne vp into pride, and vaine-glory of their dignitie, that they disdaine to follow Christ in meekenesse, holinesse, and busie Preaching of his worde, and to take their liuing at the peoples hands, as pure almes, and if they Preach not, to labour for their liuing. And they inforce, that all holy Scripture should bee expounded according to their manners.