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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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7 Prayers made for the souls of the dead, is a false foundation of Alms, wherein all the alms houses in England are falsely founded, meritorious prayers ought to proceed of Charity, but the gift is the cause of their prayers which is Simony: again, a prayer made for one in hell is unpleasant to God, and it is most like the Founders of such Alms houses, for their wicked indowings are most of them passed the broad way: every prayer of effect proceedeth of Charity, and comprehendeth generally all such as God would have saved, these strong Priests are able to labour and serve the Realm: let them not be retained in idleness, for it hath been proved in a Book to the King, that a hundred alms-houses are sufficient for the whole Realm.
7 Prayers made for the soules of the dead, is a false foundation of Almes, wherin all the almes houses in England are falsely founded, meritorious prayers ought to proceed of Charitie, but the gift is the cause of their prayers which is Simony: againe, a prayer made for one in hell is vnpleasant to God, and it is most like the Founders of such Almes houses, for their wicked indowings are most of them passed the broad way: euery prayer of effect proceedeth of Charitie, and comprehendeth generally all such as God would haue saued, these strong Priests are able to labour and serue the Realme: let them not be retained in idlenes, for it hath been proued in a Booke to the King, that a hundred almes-houses are sufficient for the whole Realme.
8 Pilgrimages, prayers, and offerings to blind Crosses or Roods, and dea•e Images are Idolatry and far from alms: though these be forbidden, yet they are thought Books of error to the common people: and the common Image of the Trinity is especially abominable: but God commands alms to be given to the poor, and not to Idols: the service of the Cross celebrated twice every year, is full of idolatry: for if the nails and the spear ought so profoundly to be honoured, then were Judas his lips a marvellous good relic, if one could get them. Thou Pilgrim when thou offerest unto the bones of Saints, whether doest thou relieve their souls being in joy.