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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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12 It is lawful for the Clergy and Laity, to judge by their jurisdiction of all things pertaining to salvation, and of the works of Prelates. Answer. Subjects ought first to examine themselves. 1. Cor. 11. Secondly, to examine all things which appertain to their salvation: for a spiritual man judgeth all things; therefore I say a Lay man ought to judge and examine the works of his Prelate, and to beware of false Prophets, and they ought to examine their works, that if they be good, they may rejoice in GOD, and if they be evil, be sorry for them, but not to do the like, least they be damned with them, according to the saying: If the Blind lead the Blind, they shall both fall into the ditch.
12 It is lawfull for the Cleargy and Layty, to iudge by their iurisdiction of all thinges pertaining to saluation, and of the workes of Prelates. Answere. Subiects ought first to examine themselues. 1. Cor. 11. Secondly, to examine all thinges which appertaine to their saluation: for a spirituall man iudgeth all thinges; therefore I say a Lay man ought to iudge and examine the workes of his Prelate, and to bewar• of false Prophets, and they ought to examine their workes, that if they be good, they may reioyce in GOD, and if they be euill, be sory for them, but not to do the like, least they be damned with them, according to the saying: If the Blind lead the Blind, they shall both fall into the ditch.
13 God doth suspend every wicked Prelate from his Ministry whilst he is in actual sin, because then he sinneth in whatsoever he doth. Answer. 1. Cor 11. Paul suspendeth all such as are in any grievous crime, from the eating of the •odie of the Lord, and the drinking of his blood; and so consequently suspendeth all sinful Prelates from the ministration of the Sacrament: and God doth suspend the wicked from the declaration of his righteousness.