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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.
To return to Priests, there is now great abominations in the Church; Priests come into Christs fold, not at his calling, but to make themselves rich, which is cause of many errors. In the Book of mourning the Prophet saith, The enemy hath put his hand to all things he would, for he hath seen a lawless people in the Sanctuary, of which thou saidst they should not enter, The enemy is Satan, for in what plenty is pride, envy, wrath, and covetousness; and wherefore, but because such are entered into the Temple, which cannot keep the Law of God themselves, nor teach others: And Hosea 1saith to them, Because thou hast put away the knowledge of Gods will, I have put thee away from using Priest-hood to me.
To returne to Priests, there is now great abhominations in the Church; Priests come into Christs fold, not at his calling, but to make themselues rich, which is cause of many errors. In the Booke of mourning the Prophet saith, The enemy hath put his hand to all things he would, for he hath seene a lawlesse people in the Sanctuary, of which thou saidst they should not enter, The enemy is Sathan, for in what plenty is pride, enuy, wrath, and couetousnesse; and wherefore, but because such are entred into the Temple, which cannot kéepe the Law of God themselues, nor teach others: And Osea 1saith to them, Because thou hast put away the knowledge of Gods will, I haue put thee away from vsing Priest-hood to me.
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The second question, how hast thou ruled Gods flock committed to thy cure, for the good of the sheep, or for hire, as a father, or a wolf; whom hast thou turned from their cursed living by thy preaching and good example? whom hast thou taught the law of God? he that is ignorant, the fatherless, Children and thy flock shall grievously accuse thee, that thou hast lived by their labour, and done nothing therefore, but let them go astray. S. Barnard saith, Priests be in place of Saints, and they do wickedly, not being content with necessary wages, but over-plus: that the needy should live by, they wast in houses of pride and lechery; beware, thou shalt give an account to the last farthing, thinkest thou that thou shalt not be disallowed for nourishing young men, idly taught, as in a school to blaspheme God in all evil living: for feeding of fat palfreys, of hounds, and of hawks, and of lecherous women. Hear what is said of such, they lead their days in vanity and wealth, and in a moment go down to hell.