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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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Smith. Must you begin with a lye, it seemeth you determine to end with the same: but no liar shall enter into the kingdom of God: I have confessed a church of God, as well in earth as in heaven, and yet all one Church, and one mans members, even Christ Jesus.
Smith. Must you begin with a lye, it seemeth you determine to end with the same: but no lyer shall enter into the kingdome of God: I haue con•essed a church of God, as well in earth as in heauen, and yet all one Church, and one mans members, euen Christ Iesus.
Boner. Well what sayest thou by auricular Confession.
Boner. Well what saist thou by auricular Confession.
Smith. It is needful in Christs Church, but if it be needful in your Church. it is to pick folks purses, and such pickpurse matters is the whole rabblement of your ceremonies, for all is but money matters that you maintain: he said thou mayest be ashamed to say so: I said I speak by experience, for I have heard & seen the fruits of Confession, it hath been a betrayer of Kings secrets▪ and others who b•ing glad to be discharged of their sins have given to Priests great sums of money to absolve them, and sing Masses for their so•les health.
Smith. It is needfull in Christs Church, but if it be needfull in your Church. it is to pick folkes purses, and such pick•purse matters is the whole rabblemene of your ceremonies, for all is but money matters that you maintaine: he said thou maist be ashamed to say so: I said I speake by experience, for I haue heard & seene the fruits of Confession, it hath béene a betrayer of Kings secrets and others who bing glad to be discharged of their sinnes haue giuen to Priests great summes of money to absolue them, and sing Masses for their soles health.