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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 There is no appearance that there ought to be one head in the spiritualty to rule the Church. Answer. I grant it, Christ sitteth at the right hand of God, doth necessarily rule the Militant Church as head, and there is no spark of appearance, that there should be one head in the spiritualty▪ ruling the Church that should always be conversant with it, except some Infidel would heretically affirm, that the Militant Church should have here a permanent and continual City, and not to seek after that which is to come: And it is evident in my book, how unconsequent a similitude it is for a Reprobate Pope to be head of the Militant Church, and a Reprobate King to be he•d of a Kingdom.
3 There is no apparance that there ought to be one head in the spiritualty to rule the Church. Answere. I grant it, Christ sitteth at the right hand of God, doth necessarily rule the Militant Church as head, and there is no sparke of apparance, that there should be one head in the spiritualty▪ ruling the Church that should alwaies be conuersant with it, except some Infidell would heretically affirme, that the Militant Church should haue here a permanent and continuall Citty, and not to seek after that which is to come: And it is euident in my booke, how vnconsequent a similitude it is for a Reprobate Pope to be head of the Militant Church, and a Reprobate King to be he•d of a Kingdome.
4 Christ would better rule his Church by his true Apostles, dispersed throughout the world, without such a monstrous head. I answer, Albeit that Doctor doth say, that the body of the Church is often without a head; yet we verily believe that Christ is the head of every Church, ruling it without lack or default, pouring on it motion and sense, even unto the latter day: then they said, behold now he prophesieth? but John Hus said, the Church in the time of the Apostles, was fa• better governed then now it is.