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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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By this we disallow Papistical Doctrines of free will, of works of supererogation, of merits, of the necessity of auricular confession and satisfaction: And we believe, that the exterior service of God, ought to be according to the word, in such a tongue as may be most to edify and not in Latin, where the people understand not the same: And we believe, that God only by Jesus Christ, is to be prayed unto, and we disallow invocation to Saints departed; and we believe, as a Man departeth this life, he is either blessed, or damned for ever; by reason whereof we affirm Purgatory, Masses of Scala Caeli, Trentals, and such suffrages as the popish Church doth obtrude, as necessary, to be the Doctrine of Antichrist. And we believe two Sacraments of Christ, Baptism and the Lords Supper, and that they ought to be ministered according to the institution of Christ, and that they be no longer Sacraments then they were in use, and used to the end for which they were instituted, and the mutilation of the one kind from the Lords Supper, from the Lay people, is Antichristian; and so is the transubstantiation; and so is the adoration of the Sacrament, and the reservation and carrying about of the •ame, and so is the Doctrine of the Mass, it to be a propitiatory sacrifice for the quick and dead, or a work that pleaseth God: and so of the inhibition of marriage in any state as unlawful; we doubt not but we shall be able to prove all these our verities by Gods word, and the Church which hath followed Gods word and Spirit: and we heartily desire all men to be obedient with us unto all that be in authority, and not to cease to pray to God for them, that he would govern them with his Spirit of wisdom, and not to consent in any kind of rebellion against the Queens Highness, but where they cannot obey, but they must disobey God, there to suffer with all patience the pleasures of the higher powers, as we are ready to do, rather then we will consent to any doctrine contrary to this which we here confess, we shall be justly convinced thereof. The Lord indue us with his Spirit of truth, and grace of perseverance.
By this we disalow Papisticall Doctrines of free will, of workes of supererogation, of merits, of the necessity of auriculer confession and satisfaction: And we beléeue, that the exterior seruice of God, ought to be according to the word, in such a tongue as may be most to edifie and not in Latine, where the people vnderstand not the same: And we beléeue, that God onely by Iesus Christ, is to bee prayed vnto, and we disalow inuocation to Sa•nts departed; and we beléeue, as a Man departeth this life, he is either blessed, or damned for euer; by reason whereof we affirme Purgatory, Masses of Scala Caeli, Trentals, and such suffrages as the popish Church doth obtrude, as necessary, to be the Doctrine of Antichrist. And wee beleeue two Sacraments of Christ, Baptisme and the Lordes Supper, and that they ought to be ministred according to the institution of Christ, and that they bée no longer Sacraments then they were in vse, and vsed to the end for which they were instituted, and the mutilation of the one kind from the Lords Supper, from the Lay people, is Antichristian; and so is the transubstantiation; and so is the adoration of the Sacrament, and the reseruation and carrying about of the ame, and so is the Doctrine of the Masse, it to be a propitiatory sacrifice for the quick and dead, or a worke that pleaseth God: and so of the inhibition of marriage in any state as vnlawfull; we doubt not but we shall be able to proue all these our verities by Gods word, and the Church which hath followed Gods word and Spirit: and we hartily desire all men to be obedient with vs vnto all that bee in authority, and not to cease to pray to God for them, that he would gouerne them with his Spirit of wisedome, and not to consent in any kind of rebellion against the Quéens Highnesse, but where they cannot obey, but they must disobey God, there to suffer with all patience the pleasures of the higher powers, as we are ready to do, rather then we will consent to any doctrine contrary to this which we heere confesse, wee shall be iustly conuinced thereof. The Lord indue vs with his Spirit of truth, and grace of perseuerance.