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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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Therefore all Kings and Rulers, that know the trueth of this Testimony of Priesthood, and will not enforce themselves to withstand these enemies, and Traitors of Christ and his Church, all these strive with Antichrist against Jesus, and they shall bear the indignation of God Almighty, without end, if in convenient time they amend them not and repent, doing due mourning and sorrow. For through the presumptuousness and negligence of the Prelates, wicked men are wrongfully named Hermits, and have leave to defraud the poor, and live by their false winnings, and begging, in sloth, and other vices, and the copper nosed Prelates, are suffered to live in pride and hypocrisy, and to defile themselves bodily and Ghostly. Also by the sufferance of these Prelates, there be vain brotherhoods and Priesthoods, full of pride, they are cause of much dissension, and exercise themselves in eating, and drinking unmeasurably, and out of time, and they are of one clothing, and hold together, and in all unlawful doings they are Partners, meddlers, and Counsellors.
Therefore all Kings and Rulers, that knowe the trueth of this Testimony of Priesthoode, and will not inforce themselues to withstand these enemies, and Traitors of Christ and his Church, all these striue with Antichrist against Iesus, and they shall beare the indignation of God Almightie, without end, if in conuenient time they amend them not and repent, doing due mourning and sorrow. For through the presumptuousnesse and negligence of the Prelates, wicked men are wrongfully named Hermits, and haue leaue to defraude the poore, and liue by their false winnings, and begging, in sloth, and other vices, and the copper nosed Prelates, are suffered to liue in pride and hypocrisie, and to defile themselues bodily and Ghostly. Also by the sufferance of these Prelates, there bee vaine brotherhoodes and Priesthoodes, full of pride, they are cause of much dissention, and exercise themselues in eating, and drinking vnmeasurably, and out of time, and they are of one cloathing, and holde together, and in all vnlawfull doings they are Partners, medlers, and Councellers.
Also, Prelates admit Pardoners, and strange beggars, with flatterings to beguile the people, against true belief, and to increase diverse vices in them: and thus the viciousness of Prelates have been, are, and shall be cause of Wars within this Realm and without, and cause of Pestilence of men, and murrain of beasts, and barrenness of earth, and all other mischiefs, until the Lords and Commons able them with grace, according to Gods will, to redress this foresaid Priesthood, unto the innocent eaching, and living of Christ and his Apostles.