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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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And touching their power to forgive sins; I say only Christ looseth a sinner which is contrite, by his promise, and the Priest can but declare the promise: neither doth the declaring of the promise by the Priest benefit any one, unless he be loosed from his sin, by credence in the promise ministered. And Chrysostom in his book, in opere imperfecto, affirmeth that the keys of heaven are the doctrine of the word of God.
And touching their power to forgiue sinnes; I say onely Christ looseth a sinner which is contrite, by his promise, and the Priest can but declare the promise: neither doth the declaring of the promise by the Priest benefit any one, vn•esse he be loosed from his sinne, by credence in the promise ministred. And Chrysostome in his booke, in opere imperfecto, affirmeth that the keyes of heauen are the doctrine of the word of God.
Ministers do bind and loose after a sort, as Christ told Paul, Thou shalt open their eyes that they may be converted from darkness unto light. Here Paul is said to open the eyes of mens hear•s, yet to speak properly, it is God that doth it: therefore David prayeth▪ Revela oculos meos: and it is said of John Baptist, That he should turn the harts of the fathers unto the children, and the unbelievers unto the wisdom of the wise, although to turn mens hearts only belongeth to God; but so we use to speak Metonomi••.
Ministers doe binde and loose after a sort, as Christ told Paule, Thou shalt open their eyes that they may be conuerted from darknes vnto light. Here Paule is said to open the eyes of mens hear•s, yet to speake properly, it is God that doth it: therefore Dauid prayeth▪ Reuela oculos meos: and it is said of Iohn Baptist, That he should turn the harts of the fathers vnto the children, and the vnbeleeuers vnto the wisdom of the wise, although to turne mens hearts only belongeth to God; but so we vse to speake Metonomi.