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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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He answereth that he did believe the assertions of Luther, and that men were not bound to believe Councils and Constitutions, and St. Augustine in his tim• marvelled, that we could live in safety amongst so many snares of Constitutions, when Adam and Eve could not observe one.
Hee answereth that he did beléeue the assertions of Luther, and that men were not bound to beléeue Councells and Constitutions, and St. Augustine in his tim• marnailed, that we could liue in safety amongst so many snares of Constitutions, when Adam and Eue could not obserue one.
Fourthly he said that the Catholic Church cannot err in faith, for it is the whole Congregation of the Elect known only to God, otherwise no man could be assured of his own or another's salvation, for it is written, no man knoweth whether •e be worthy of hatred or love▪ yet I may truly say of the general Council, congregated by the holy Ghost: Behold here the Catholic Church, denominating the whole by the most worthy part: and he affirmed by the Scriptures, that the faithful have the Judgment of their souls as soon as they die, and are in Heaven, and that we are bound to obey Magistrates as Parents, and that the people should have the Lords prayer and the Creed in their own tongue, that their devotion might be furthered by their understanding of it, and might be more expert in their faith: I hau• heard many say, they never heard any speak of their resurrection, and by the knowledge thereof became more ready to goodness, and fearful to do evil, and he would wish that the Scripture were in our own tongue, for St. Paul saith, he would rather have five words in a tongue that is known &c. that the Church may be edified, and Chrysostom bad his hearers look upon books, that they may the better remember that which they had heard, and Bead translated the gospel of St. John into English, and where it is objected, it is dangerous for Heres•e, he said good Pastors might easily help the matter by adding the interpretation of the hard places in the margin: touching pardons, he said it were better that they should be restrained, then any longer to be used as they have been to the injury of Christs passion.