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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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9 Touching praying to Saints, he said; it is certain in Scripture, that we should worship and honour one God, but for honouring of Saints it is doubtful, whether they hear our invocation made to them; therefore I exhort all men, that they would leave the unsure way, and follow that way which our Master Christ taught us: He is our only Mediator, and maketh intercession for us; he is the door, he that entereth not in by this door, but climbeth in another way, is a Thief and a Murderer; he is the verity and life, he that goeth out of this way, is fallen into the mire.
9 Touching praying to Saints, he said; it is certaine in Scripture, that we should worship and honour one God, but for honouring of Saints it is doubtfull, whether they heare our inuocation made to them; therefore I exhort all men, that they would leaue the vnsure way, and follow that way which our Maister Christ taught vs: He is our onely Mediator, and maketh intercession for vs; hee is the doore, he that entreth not in by this doore, but climbeth in another way, is a Theefe and a Murderer; he is the verity and life, he that goeth out of this way, is fallen into the mire.
10 Touching Purgatory, he never found any place of Scripture appliable thereto: then he said to Master John Lander his accuser, if you have any testimony of Scripture, by which you can prove such a place, show it before this Auditory: but he had not a word to say for himself.
10 Touching Purgatory, he neuer found any place of Scripture appliable therto: then he said to Maister Iohn Lander his accuser, if you haue any testimony of Scripture, by which you can proue such a place, shew it before this Auditory: but he had not a word to say for himselfe.
11 Touching the Vows of the religious, he said; some be gelded by nature, and some are gelded of men, and some are chaste for the Kingdom of Christ: these are blessed, but as many as have not the gift of chastity neither have overcome the lusts of the Flesh for the Gospel, and yet vow chastity, you have experience (though I hold my peace) to what inconvenience they have vowed themselves, whereat they were angry, thinking better to have ten Concubines then one Wife.