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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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3 If the Pope be a Reprobate, then as Judas, he is a Devil, a Thief, and the Son of perdition, and not the head of the Militant Church, nor member thereof. I answer, If he were a member of the Church, then should he be a member of Christ, and then he should cleave unto Christ by grace of Predestination and present Justice, and should be one spirit with God, as in the 1. Cor. 6. Know you not that our bodies are the members of Christ.
3 If the Pope be a Reprobate, then as Iudas, he is a Deuill, a Théefe, and the Son of perdition, and not the head of the Militant Church, nor member thereof. I answer, If he were a member of the Church, then should he be a member of Christ, and then he should cleaue vnto Christ by grace of Predestination and present Iustice, and should be one spirit with God, as in the 1. Cor. 6. Know you not that our bodies are the members of Christ.
4 That an evil Pope or Prelate is no Pastor. Answer. The Text of my Book, is, if he be evil, he is a hireling: of whom Christ saith, He is no Shepherd, nor the sheep his, he seeth a Wolfe and forsaketh his sheep, so doth every Reprobate, therefore no true Pastor.
4 That an euill Pope or Prelate is no Pastor. Answer. The Text of my Booke, is, if he be euill, he is a hireling: of whom Christ saith, He is no Shepheard, nor the sheepe his, he seeth a Wolfe and forsaketh his sheepe, so doth euery Reprobate, therefore no true Pastor.
5 The Pope is not, nor ought not by his Office, to be called most holy. I Answer, When as the King, according to S. Augustine's mind, representeth the Deity of Christ, and the Priest representeth only his humanity; therefore the King of Romans by reason of his Office, ought rather to be called most holy. These things are more at large decided in my Book (saith John Hus) but I can find no foundation, whereby I should call the Pope most holy, when it is only spoken of Christ.