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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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2 Touching pardons or indulgences: they say, that the merits of Christ, and of the Saints, Apostles and Martyrs, which they impudently affirm to have merited more at Gods hands, then was needful for themselves, and there did so much superabound, that might redound unto the help of others: and they affirm, that their blood was mixed with the blood of Christ, and the treasure of the Church was compounded of them both, for the remission of sins, and that the keeping of this treasure is wholly committed to the Pope, and in his power consisteth the dispensation thereof, and that he himself may bestow these treasures, and give power to others so to do.
2 Touching pardons or indulgences: they say, that the merits of Chirst, and of the Saints, Apostles and Martyrs, which they impudently affirme to haue merited more at Gods hands, then was néedfull for themselues, and there did so much superabound, that might redound vnto the helpe of others: and they affirme, that their blood was mixed with the blood of Christ, and the treasure of the Church was compounded of them both, for the remission of sinnes, and that the kéeping of this treasure is wholy committed to the Pope, and in his power consisteth the dispensation thereof, and that he himselfe may bestow these treasures, and giue power to others so to do.
Hereupon riseth the plenary indulgences and pardons, granted by the Pope, for as many years as he will by Cardinals for 100. days, they have such power, and bishops but for forty days, and no body but Satan taught this doctrine, who would utterly extinguish the merits of Christ, which he knoweth to be the only remedy of salvation. Christ in the 17. of Luke saith; When you have done all that you are commanded, count your selves but improfitable servants. And the 46. of Isaiah. All the merits of mans righteousness is compared to menstruous cloth: by the Scripture the corruption of our nature is so manifest, that in our most perfect works there lacketh not imperfection. The Parable of the ten Virgins in the twenty five ⟨p. 194⟩of Matthew, putteth this out of all controversy, where the wise virgins said, They had not sufficient oil for themselves and others.