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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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After he began to expound the Epistle to the Romans and the Psalms, so Divinely that he seemed to all the faithful and learned a shining light, which began to clear after the long cloudy sky; he showed the difference betwixt the Law and the Gospel: He confounded the error that then reigned in the Schools and Sermons, teaching that men merit remission of sins by their proper works, and were just before GOD by outward Discipline, as th• Pharisees taught. But Luther expressly showed that sins are freely remitted for the love of the Son of GOD, and that we ought faithfully to embrace this bountiful gift: His life was likewise correspondent to his profession, whereby it appeared his words were not lip-labour, but proceeded from the heart, whereby many notable personages consented with him in his opinions: at this time Luther altered nothing in the ceremonies, but taught this only doctrine as the principal of all others; to wit, the Doctrine of Repentance, of remission of sins, of Faith of true comfort in time of adversity, every man received good taste of this sweet Doctrine.
After hee began to expound the Epistle to the Romanes and the Psalmes, so Diuinely that hee seemed to all the faithfull and learned a shining light, which beganne to cleere after the long cloudy sky; hee shewed the difference betwixt the Lawe and the Gospell: Hee confounded the errour that then raigned in the Schooles and Sermons, teaching that men merite remission of sinnes by their proper workes, and were iust before GOD by outward Discipline, as th• Pharisies taught. But Luther expressely shewed that sinnes are freely remitted for the loue of the Sonne of GOD, and that wee ought faithfully to embrace this bountifull gift: His life was likewise correspondent to his profession, whereby it appeared his words were not lip-labour, but proceeded from the heart, whereby many notable personages consented with him in his opinions: at this time Luther altered nothing in the ceremonies, but taught this onely doctrine as the principall of all others; to wit, the Doctrine of Repentance, of remission of sinnes, of Faith of true comfort in time of aduersitie, euery man receiued good taste of this sweet Doctrine.