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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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23 The Minister of Christ living according to his Laws and having knowledge of the Scriptures, and an earnest desire to edify the people, ought to preach, notwithstanding the excommunication of the Pope: and such a Minister ought not to obey any forbidding of him to preach. I Answer. We ought rather to obey God th•n man, for a Minister to preach, and a rich man to give Alms, are duties commanded of God: and if the Pope or any other command a Minister not to preach, and a rich man not to give Alms, they ought not to obey him. I call that an unjust excommunication, which is given contrary to Gods law, for such a one a Preacher ought not to leave preaching, nor fear damnation: then they objected that he had said that such excommunications were blessings: even so say I now again as the Prophet saith, They shall curse, but thou O Lord shalt bless.
23 The Minister of Christ liuing according to his Lawes and hauing knowledge of the Scriptures, and an earnest desire to edifie the people, ought to preach, notwithstanding the excommunication of the Pope: and such a Minister ought not to obay any forbidding of him to preach. I Answer. We ought rather to obay God th•n man, for a Minister to preach, and a rich man to giue Almes, are duties commaunded of God: and if the Pope or any other commaund a Minister not to preach, and a rich man not to giue Almes, they ought not to obay him. I cal that an vniust excommunication, which is giuen contrary to Gods law, for such a one a Preacher ought not to leaue preaching, nor feare damnation: then they obi•cted that he had said that such excommunications were blessings: euen so say I now againe as the Prophet saith, They shall curse, but thou O Lord shalt blesse.
24 Every man admitted to the Ministry, hath thereby authority to preach, and ought so to do•, notwithstanding the excommunication or forbidding of the Pope, or any other. Answer. I do confess this, and that no Christian ought to doubt, but he that is sufficiently instructed in learning, to instruct the ignorant, and to tell the unruly of their sins, then for to do any other work of mercy.