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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 question, how hast thou ruled? Hast thou not been the harder to the poor for his poverty, nor favoured the rich for his riches? what abuse is now amongst ⟨p. 107⟩Officers, if a rich man plead with a poor, every Officer is ready to further the rich man, and the poor man shall have so many delays, that though his right be never so good, for default of spending, he shall be constrained to let his cause fall. And I have heard say of them that have proved both Courts, that the Court that is called most Spiritual, is most cursed; therefore it is truly said, a gift out of the bosom subverts right Judgement, but the words of Christ be to be feared, As you judge you shall be judged.
The second question, how hast thou ruled? Hast thou not beene the harder to the poore for his pouerty, nor fauored the rich for his riches? what abuse is now amongst ⟨p. 107⟩Officers, if a rich man plead with a poore, euery Officer is ready to further the rich man, and the poore man shall haue so many delaies, that though his right be neuer so good, for default of spending, hee shall be constrained to let his cause fall. And I haue heard say of them that haue proued both Courts, that the Court that is called most Spirituall, is most cursed; therefore it is truly said, a guift out of the bosome subuerts right Iudgement, but the words of Christ be to be feared, As you iudge you shall be iudged.
The third question, how hast thou lived? Thou that punishest other for sin, must not sin thy self, else thou condemnest thy self in doing the thing thou damnest in others, and when any standeth before him in Judgement, he must take heed before what Judge he must stand himself: but it is to be feared, that it fareth with some, as with the two false Priests that would have put Susanna to death, because sh•e would not consent to their Lechery, and of the most worthy to be hanged, damn the less worthy. Socrates being demanded why he laughed, said, Because I see great Thieves lead a little Thieves to hanging: who is the greater Thief, he that taketh House and Land from one, and his Heirs, or he that stealeth a Sheep.