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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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19 The Nobles of the World ought to compel the Ministers of the Church to keep the Commandments of Christ. Answer. These be my words, the Militant Church consisteth of these parts; Ministers of the Church, which should keep purely the Ordinances of Christ; and the Nobles of the World, which should compel them to keep his Commandments, and of the common people serving to both parties.
19 The Nobles of the World ought to compell the Ministers of the Church to kéepe the Commaundements of Christ. Answere. These be my words, the Militant Church consisteth of these parts; Ministers of the Church, which should kéepe purely the Ordinances of Christ; and the Nobles of the World, which should compell them to keepe his Commaundements, and of the common people seruing to both parties.
20 The Ecclesiastical obedience, as the Priests and Monks have devised, it hath no authority in the Scripture. Answer. I confess it, there be three obediences, the Spiritual, Secular, and Ecclesiastical: the Spiritual, which is only according to the ordinances of God▪ in which Christ and his Apostles lived, and all Christians ought to live in: the Secular obedience, is due according to civill ordinance: the Ecclesiastical obedience is such as the Priests have invented, without any express authority of Scripture.
20 The Ecclesiasticall obedience, as the Priests and Monkes haue deuised, it hath no authority in the Scripture. Answer. I confesse it, there be three obediences, the Spirituall, Secular, and Ecclesiasticall: the Spirituall, which is onely according to the ordinances of God▪ in which Christ and his Apostles liued, and all Christians ought to liue in: the Secular obedience, is due according to ciuill ordinance: the Ecclesiasticall obedience is such as the Priests haue inuented, without any expresse authority of Scripture.