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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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14 The Clergy, for their own preferment and exaltation, doth undermine the Lay people, and multiply their own covetousness, cloaketh their malice▪ and prepareth a way for Antichrist. The answer which is made to the 25. Article in prison, sufficeth for this: the first part he proveth by the example of Peter de Luna, which named himself Benedict, and of Angelus Coriarius, who named himself Gregory the twelfth: & of John the 23. and by the 13. and 14. of Ezekiel, and out of Gregory, who saith, What shall become of the flock when the Shepherds are become wolves? The second part is proved by Jerome & Gregory 17. Homily, and by Barnard upon the Canonicals: the third is proved by experience, for who defendeth the wickedness of any schism, but only the Clergy, alleging Scriptures, & bringing reasons therefore. They excuse simony, covetousness in heaping together many benefices, luxuriousness and fornication, how many now say it is no deadly sin, alleging the saying of Genesis, Increase and multiply: hereby also the fourth part is verified, for Barnard upon the Canonicals, saith, wicked Priests prepare the way for Antichrist.
14 The Cleargy, for their owne preferment and exhaltation, doth vndermine the Lay people, and multiply their owne couetousnesse, cloaketh their malice▪ and prepareth a way for Antichrist. The answere which is made to the 25. Article in pri•on, sufficeth for this: the first part he proueth by the example of Peter de Luna, which named himselfe Benedict, and of Angelus Coriarius, who named himselfe Gregory the twelth: & of Iohn the 23. and by the 13. and 14. of Ezechiell, and out of Gregory, who saith, What shall become of the flocke when the Shepheards are become wolues? The second part is proued by Ierome & Gregory 17. Homily, and by Barnard vpon the Canonicals: the third is proued by experience, for who defendeth the wickednes of any scisme, but only the Cleargy, alledging Scriptures, & bringing reasons therefore. They excuse symony, couetousnes in heaping together many benifices, luxuriousnes and fornication, how many now say it is no deadly sin, alleadging the saying of Genesis, Increase and multiply: heereby also the fourth part is verified, for Barnard vpon the Canonicals, saith, wicked Priests prepare the way for Antichrist.