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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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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.
Touching your question, whether Martyrs, Apostles, and Confessors departed, ought to be honoured and prayed unto.
Touching your question, whether Martirs, Apostles, and Confessors departed, ought to be honored and prayed vnto.
Saint Augustine in his Book de vera religione, would have that we should worship no men departed, be they never so good and holy, no nor yet an Angel, nor to honour them, but only in imitating their good living as they followed God, not building Churches to them; no, the Angels would not have us build Churches to them, but would with them we should honour the Maker of all things. They refuse all honour, saving honour Charitatis, which love we should express, in helping the poor and helpless: And the Scripture teacheth, that there is but one Mediator, and we are exhorted in all places of Scripture to call upon God in need, but in no place to call upon any Saint.