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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 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.
Other Purgatory do I know none, neither can any be proved by any place of Scripture: And S. August: de ebrietate, saith, let no man deceive himself; for there be two places, the third is not known: He that with Christ hath not deserved to reign, shall perish with the Devil, and in his Book de vanitate seculi, he saith, know you that when the soul is departed from the body, it is incontinent for the good deeds put into paradise, and else thrown headlong into the Dungeon of hell for the sins; and to this all Scripture agreeth.
Other Purgatory doe I know none, neither can any be proued by any place of Scripture: And S. August: de ebrietate, saith, let no man deceiue himselfe; for there be two places, the third is not knowne: He that with Christ hath not deserued to raigne, shall perish with the Diuell, and in his Booke de vanitate seculi, he saith, know you that when the soule is departed from the body, it is incontinent for the good deeds put into paradice, and else throwne headlong into the Dungeon of hell for the sinnes; and to this all Scripture agreeth.