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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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17 The Cardinals are not the true Successors of the Apostles, if they live not after the fashion of the Apostles, keeping the ordinances of Christ. Answer. I confess it, for if they enter not in at the door which is Christ, they be Thieves and Robbers.
17 The Cardinals are not the true Successors of the Apostles, if they liue not after the fashion of the Apostles, keeping the ordinances of Christ. Answere. I confesse it, for if they enter not in at the doore which is Christ, they be Theeues and Robbers.
18 An Heretic ought not to be committed to the secular power to be put to death, it is sufficient that he suffer the Ecclesiastical censure. Answer. These are my words, that they might be ashamed of their false judgement, for Christ would not condemn such to bodily death: The first point appeareth in the 12. of Luke: The second, by the Woman taken in Adultery, and in the 18. Chapter of Matthew, If thy Brother have offended thee, &c. therefore an Heretic ought first to be instructed with Christian love, by reasons drawn out of holy Scriptures, as Saint Augustine and others have done, disputing against Heretics; but if for all this they will not leave their errors, they ought to suffer corporal punishments. The Judges had read in John Hus's Book, where he grievously inveighed against them which delivered an Heretic unto the Secular power, not being convicted of Heresy, and compared them unto the High-Priests, Scribes, and Pharisees, which told Pilate it was not lawful for them to put any man to death, and delivered Christ unto him, ⟨p. 118⟩but Christ told Pilate they were greater murderers then he which delivered him unto him, then the Cardinals and Bishops made a great noise, saying; Who are they that thou dost asimule unto the Pharisees? And he said, All that deliver any that is innocent unto the civill sword.
18 An Hereticke ought not to be committed to the secular power to be put to death, it is sufficient that he suffer the Ecclesiasticall censure. Answer. These are my words, that they might be ashamed of their false iudgement, for Christ would not condemne such to bodily death: The first point appeareth in the 12. of Luke: The second, by the Woman taken in Adultery, and in the 18. Chapter of Mathew, If thy Brother haue offended thee, &c. therefore an Hereticke ought first to be instructed with Christian loue, by reasons drawne out of holy Scriptures, as Saint Augustine and others haue done, disputing against Heretickes; but if for all this they will not leaue their errors, they ought to suffer corporall punishments. The Iudges had read in Iohn Husses Booke, where hee greeuously inueyed against them which deliuered an Heretike vnto the Secular power, not being conuicted of Heresie, and compared them vnto the High-Priests, Scribes, and Pharises, which told Pilate it was not lawfull for them to put any man to death, and deliuered Christ vnto him,