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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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7 The power of the Pope, which doth not follow Christ, is not to be feared. Answer. Subjects are bound willingly to obey their good Rulers, and those which are wicked: yet if the Pope do abuse his power, it is not to be feared as by bondage: so his Cardinals as I suppose, did not fear Gregory the 12. before he was deposed, when as they resisted him; saying, He did abuse his power.
7 The power of the Pope, which doth not follow Christ, is not to be feared. Answere. Subiects are bound willingly to obay their good Rulers, and those which are wicked: yet if the Pope do abuse his power, it is not to be feared as by bondage: so his Cardinals as I suppose, did not feare Gregory the 12. before he was deposed, when as they resisted him; saying, He did abuse his power.
8 A wicked Pope is not the Successor of Peter, but of Judas. Answer. If the Pope be humble, neglecting the honours and lucre of the world: if he be a Shepherd, taking his name of feeding his sheep, if as Christ commandeth, he feed the sheep with the word and good example, then is he the Vicar of Christ, but if he walk contrary, because there is no society betwixt Christ and Belial: and Christ saith, He that is not with me, is against me. How is he the Vicar of Christ, and not rather the Vicar of Antichrist? Christ called Peter, Sathanas, when he contraried him but in one word, why should not any other then being more contrary to Christ, be called Sathanas, and Antichrist.
8 A wicked Pope is not the Successor of Peter, but of Iudas. Answere. If the Pope be humble, neglecting the honors and luker of the world: if he be a Shepheard, taking his name of féeding his shéepe, if as Christ commandeth, he feed the shéep with the word and good example, then is he the Uicar of Christ, but if he walke contrary, because there is no society betwixt Christ and Beliall: and Christ saith, He that is not with me, is against me. How is he the Uicar of Christ, and not rather the Uicar of Antichrist? Christ called Peter, Sathanas, when he contraried him but in one word, why should not any other then being more contrary to Christ, be called Sathanas, and Antichrist.