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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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9 Peter never was, nor is the universal head of the Church. Answer. All men agree, that Peter received of Christ, which is the Rock of the Church, humility, steadfastness, and blessedness: When Christ said upon this Rock I will build my church, he did not mean that he would build every Militant Church upon Peter, but upon Christ which is the Rock: from whom Peter received his Faith, for he is the head and foundation of every Church, and not Peter.
9 Peter neuer was, nor is the vniuersall head of the Church. Answere. All men agree, that Peter receiued of Christ, which is the Rock of the Church, humility, stedfastnesse, and blessednes: When Christ said vpon this Rock I will build my church, he did not meane that he would build euery Militant Church vpon Peter, but vpon Christ which is the Rock: from whom Peter receiued his Faith, for he is the head and foundation of euery Church, and not Peter.
10 If he that is called the Vicar of Christ, follow Christ in his life, then he is his true Vicar; otherwise he is the messenger of Antichrist, the enemy of Peter and Christ, and the Vicar of Judas: Answer. For this cause Saint Bernard in his fourth Book did write unto Pope E•genius, thou delightest to walk in great pride, being gorgeously arrayed, what fruit doth the flock receive by thee▪ If I durst say it these be rather the pastures of the Devils then of sheep: Saint Peter, and Saint Paul did not so, thou seemest to succeed Constantine, and not Peter. It followeth in ⟨p. 117⟩my Book, if thy life be contrary to Peters, or given to avarice, then he is the Vicar of Judas, which loved the reward of iniquity, and sold the Lord: As soon as they read the same, the Rulers of the Council looked one upon another, and making mocks and mows, nodded their heads at him.
10 If he that is called the Uicar of Christ, follow Christ in his life, then he is his true Uicar; otherwise he is the messenger of Antichrist, the enemy of Peter and Christ, and the Uicar of Iudas: Answere. For this cause Saint Bernard in his fourth Booke did write vnto Pope Egenius, thou delightest to walke in great pride, being gorgeously arrayed, what fruit doth the flooke receiue by thee If I durst say it these be rather the pastures of the Diuels then of sheepe: Saint Peter, and Saint Paul did not so, thou séemest to succéede Constantine, and not Peter. It followeth in