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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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The second that shall make account for himself and others, is Kings, and other temporal rulers; Hast thou entered thine office to profit the people, to destroy sin, and further the truth, or for worship and riches? Some desire such estate to be rich, a•d to oppress such as they hate, and to take bribes, for sparing to punish sin, and make themselves partners of other sins, and for bribes work all things. Many in high office, think they are of higher kind of nature then others, not knowing they are poor mens brethren, and servants for the good of the Common-wealth, and that their glory is vanity. Of whom the Prophet Hosea saith, They have reigned, but not by me; so was Rehoboam when he answered the people, My little finger is bigger then my Fathers Rib-bone, my Father grieved you somewhat, but I will add more, which made the people rebel, and the kingdom never came wholly together again; wherefore it is good for Rulers to take sober counsel, to eschew ear-rounders, and to have an eye of love unto the Commons, for be they never so high, they shall come before an higher Judge to give a reckoning.
The second that shall make account for himselfe and others, is Kings, and other temporall rulers; Hast thou entred thine office to profit the people, to destroy sinne, and further the truth, or for worship and riches? Some desire such estate to be rich, a•d to oppresse such as they hate, and to take bribes, for sparing to punish sinne, and make themselues partners of other sinnes, and for bribes worke all things. Many in high office, thinke they are of higher kind of nature then others, not knowing they are poore mens brethren, and seruants for the good of the Common-wealth, and that their glory is vanity. Of whom the Prophet Osea saith, They haue raigned, but not by me; so was Roboam when he answered the people, My little finger is bigger then my Fathers Rib-bone, my Father greeued you somewhat, but I will adde more, which made the people rebell, and the kingdome neuer came wholy together again; wherefore it is good for Rulers to take sober councell, to eschew eare-rounders, and to haue an eye of loue vnto the Commons, for be they neuer so high, they shall come before an higher Iudge to giue a reckoning.