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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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Rid. Christ the most loving spouse of his espouse the Church, did give unto it abundantly all things necessary to salvation, but so that the Church should keep her self within the obedience of his commandments, and not to seek any thing as necessary to salvation which he teacheth not: and for determination of all controversies in Religion, Christ hath left unto the Church▪ Moses, and the Prophets, which he willeth the church to ask counsel of, and all the New Testament, & that which is hard in Moses and the Prophets, is revealed in them: so that we have no need to say, who shall clime up to heaven, or who shall go down into the deep to tell us what is needful to be done: Christ hath done both, and commanded […] […] the word of Faith; and if we walk diligently therein, by his spirit we shall […] out the truth▪ and obtain everlasting life: As in Isaiah 8. Shall men-ask […] of the dead for the living? Let them go unto the Law & the Testament: […] Christ Joh. 5. biddeth us Search the Scriptures: And Hierom saith, Ignorance […] scriptures is mother of errors upon the 25. of Matthew, and in another place ⟨p. 297⟩he saith the knowledge of the scriptures is the food of everlasting life, and we read not that Christ in any place hath •aid so great a burden upon the members of his Church that he hath commanded them to go unto the universal Church: it is true that Christ gave unto his Church some Apostles, and some Prophets, some Evangelists, some Shepherds and Teachers to the edifying of the Saints, until we all come unto the unity of Faith. But that all, out of all parts of the world, should meet together in Council, to define the Articles of faith, it is not commanded of Christ.
Rid. Christ the most louing spouse of his espouse the Church, did giue vnto it abundantly all things necessary to saluation, but so that the Church should kéep her selfe within the obedience of his commandements, and not to séek any thing as necessary to saluation which he teacheth not: and for determination of all controuersies in Religion, Christ hath left vnto the Church▪ Moses, and the Prophets, which he willeth the church to aske councell of, and all the New Testament, & that which is hard in Moses and the Prophets, is reuealed in them: so that wee haue no need to say, who shall clime vp to heauen, or who shall goe downe into the deepe to tell vs what is needfull to be done: Christ hath done both, and commanded the word of Faith; and if we walke diligently therein, by his spirit we shall out the truth and obtaine euerlasting life: As in Esay 8. Shall men-aske of the dead for the liuing? Let them goe vnto the Law & the Testament: Christ