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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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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.
Hereupon riseth the pleanary indulgences and pardons, granted by the Pope, for as many yeares as he will by Cardinals for 100. daies, they haue such power, and bishops but for forty daies, and no body but Satan taught this doctrin, who would vtterly extinguish the merits of Christ, which he knoweth to be the only remedy of saluation. Christ in the 17. of Luke saith; When you haue done all that you are cō manded, count your selues but improfitable seruants. And the 46. of Esay. All the merits of mans righteousnesse is compared to menstruous cloth: by the Scripture the corruption of our nature is so manifest, that in our most perfect workes there lacketh not imperfection. The Parable of the ten Uirgines in the twentie fiue ⟨p. 194⟩of Mathew, putteth this out of all controuersie, where the wise virgins said, They had not sufficient oyle for themselues and others.
This they ground upon the Epistle of S. Paul to the Colossians, I fulfil the afflictions of Christ which were wanting in my flesh, for his body which is the church: But Paul referreth to those afflictions wherewith the members are and shall be afflicted, so long as they live in this world, even as Christ was afflicted: and whereas S. James addeth this word, for the Church: he doth not mean for the Redemption of it, but for the edifying of the same, as in the 2. to Timothy, he saith; He suffereth for the elect sake, for by his constancy and steadfastness in troubles, he showeth he contemneth this life, in hope of a better life: whereby he doth confirm and establish the faith of the Church for great fruit, by the afflictions and martyrdom of the faithful, ariseth to the glory of God, in that they subscribe and bear witness unto the truth by their blood, and being the Popes pardons are nothing else then such as he feigneth, he is a manifest deceiver, and a Simonist in selling such merchandise as can in no place help.