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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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Touching the question, that there are many things to be believed upon pain of salvation, that are not in the Scripture: I say laws ordained for the civill regiment of the body, and all other Laws, so they be not hurtful to Faith or Charity, but help to the same, we ought to keep them not only for fear of punishment, but for Conscience sake, although such ordinance be not expressly in the Scripture; but I say there is nothing that is not expressly in the Scriptures, that is to be believed upon necessity of salvation.
Touching the question, that there are many things to be beléeued vpon paine of saluation, that are not in the Scripture: I say lawes ordained for the ciuill regiment of the body, and all other Lawes, so they be not hurtfull to Faith or Charitie, but help to the same, we ought to keep them not onely for feare of punishment, but for Conscience sake, although such ordinance be not expressely in the Scripture; but I say there is nothing that is not expressely in the Scriptures, that is to bee beleeued vpon necessitie of saluation.
Touching your Question of purgatory, and whether souls departed be there in torment and purged: I say there is a purgatory in this world, which is the fire of tribulations, through which all Christians shall pass, as S. Paul saith: All that live godly in Christ shall suffer persecution: In this purgatory I do reckon my self now to stand, God send me well to persevere unto his honour.
Touching your Question of purgatory, and whether soules departed be there in torment and purged: I say there is a purgatory in this world, which is the fire of tribulations, through which all Christians shall passe, as S. Paul saith: All that liue godly in Christ shall suffer persecution: In this purgatory I doe reckon my selfe now to stand, God send me well to perseuere vnto his honour.