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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 that know the viciousness that now reigneth cursedly in these Priests, and in their learning, let them pray for the health of his Church, and abstain from these indurate enemies of Christ and his people, and from all their Sacraments, which are fleshly and false. Saint Cyprian, and other great Doctors witness, That not only vicious Priests, but they which favour and consent to them shall perish with them, as they perished that consented to Dathan and Abiram, for nothing were more confusion to them, then refusing their Sacraments, which are most unlawful, and none needs to •eace to dye without taking any Sacrament of these, Christs enemies, since Christ himself will not fail to minister all healthful Sacraments, to all them that are in true Faith, Hope, and Charity.
Therefore, all that know the viciousnesse that now raigneth cursedly in these Priestes, and in their learning, let them pray for the health of his Church, and abstaine from these indurate enemies of Christ and his people, and from all their Sacraments, which are fleshly and false. Saint Ciprian, and other great Doctors witnesse, That not onely vitious Priests, but they which fauour and consent to them shall perish with them, as they perished that consented to Dathan and Abiram, for nothing were more confusion to them, then refusing their Sacraments, which are most vnlawfull, and none needs to •eace to dye without taking any Sacrament of these, Christs enemies, since Christ himselfe will not faile to minister all healthfull Sacramentes, to all them that are in true Faith, Hope, and Charitie.
But some mad fools, to eschew slanders, will be shrived once a years of their proper Priest, though they know him defouled with slanderous vices, no doubt, these are culpable of great sin, since Saint Paul witnesseth, that, Not only they that do evil are worthy of damnation, but they that consent to evil doers. And the vicious Priests despise and cast from ⟨p. 104⟩them heavenly wisdom that is given of the Holy Ghost. Therefore the Lord throweth such despisers from him, so that they do no Priesthood unto im. Therefore they that took, or consent that any other should take any Sacrament of any such Priest sinneth against the Trinity, and are unable to any Sacrament of health.