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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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11 Priests that use Simony, and live dissolutely, have an untrue opinion of seven Sacraments, as Bastards and not Children, not knowing the O••ice of the Keys of Censures, neither of the rights of Ceremonies and service of the Church, nor of worship of Relics, nor of Orders of the Church, nor of indulgences and pardons. Answer. It is in this manner in my Book, the authority is abused by such as sell Orders, and get riches by Simony, making markets of holy Sacraments, living voluptuously, dissolutely, a filthy villainous kind of life. They pollute the Ecclesiastical estate, and though they profess they know God, they deny him indeed, and believe not in him, but as unbelieving Bastards hold a contrary opinion, as aforesaid, to whom Malachi in his first Chapter saith, Unto you Priests be it spoken, which despise my name.
11 Priests that vse Symony, and liue desolutely, haue an vntrue opinion of seuen Sacraments, as Bastards and not Children, not knowing the O••ice of the Keyes of Censures, neither of the rights of Cerimonies and seruice of the Church, nor of worship of Relikes, nor of Orders of the Church, nor of indulgences and pardons. Answere. It is in this manner in my Booke, the authoritie is abused by such as sell Orders, and get riches by Symony, making markets of holy Sacraments, liuing voluptuously, desolutely, a filthy villanous kind of life. They pollute the Ecclesiasticall estate, and though they professe they know God, they deny him indéede, and beléeue not in him, but as vnbeléeuing Bastards hold a contrary opinion, as aforesaid, to whom Malachy in his first Chapter saith, Vnto you Priests be it spoken, which despise my name.
12 The papal dignity hath his original from the Emperors of Rome. Answer. This is proved by the 96. distinction, for Constantine granted this privilege to the Bishop of Rome, and others after confirmed the same; that as Augustus is counted the most high King above all others, so the Bishop of Rome shall be called the principal Father above other Bishops: then a Cardinal said in Constantine's time, there was a general council at Nice, in which the highest place in the Church was given to the Bishop of Rome, why did you not then say it took his dignity rather from the Council?