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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
5 The torment of hell is not a material fire, no more then it is a material stinging of a worm or snake, but a metaphor signifying the pain, torment, anguish, grief, misery, sorrow, and heaviness inexplicable and intolerable, whose nature and condition none can tell.
5 The torment of hell is not a materiall fire, no more then it is a materiall stinging of a worme or snake, but a metaphor signifying the paine, torment, anguish, griefe, miserie, sorrow, and heauines inexplicable and intollerable, whose nature and condition none can tell.
6 That the souls that are not in hell, are in as great joy as souls can be, and cannot be put from eternal joy, and suffer no pain, of charity they pray for us, and have no need that we should pray for them, and besides this there is no other Purgatory. I had rather be there then in the Bishop of London's prison, though they call the fire thereof never so hot, yet if the Bishop with his two fingers can put away some of the fire, and a Friars Cowl the fourth part thereof, and Scala Coeli altogether, I will never found Abbey, College, or Chantry for that purpose.
6 That the soules that are not in hell, are in as great ioy as soules can be, and cannot be put from eternall ioy, and suffer no paine, of charitie they pray for vs, and haue no need that we should pray for them, and besides this there is no other Purgatorie. I had rather be there then in the Bishop of Londons prison, though they call the fire thereof neuer so hote, yet if the Bishop with his two fingers can put away some of the fire, and a Friers Cowle the fourth part thereof, and Scala Coeli altogether, I will neuer found Abbey, Colledge, or Chauntery for that purpose.
Provision for Purgatory hath brought thousands to hell, debts have not been paid, nor lands and goods evil gotten restored, poor people are suffered to perish for want, and all to build religious houses to deliver out of Purgatory, and to pay for Dirges, Masses, and ringing of Bells to carry us to hell withal; who can purge pilgrimage from Idolatry, and Purgatory from robbery, but he shall be in suspicion of heresy?