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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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9 Auricular Confession, and the feigned power of Absolution, setteth up the Priest of Priests, and giveth them opportunity of other secret talks, Lords and Ladies ⟨p. 94⟩do witness that for fear of their Confessors, they dare not speak the truth, and in time of confession is opportunity ministered to play the Bawds, and make other secret conventions to deadly sin: they say they are Commissaries from God, to Judge and discern all sins, to pardon what they please, that they have the keys of hell and heaven, that they can excommunicate, bless and curse, bind and lose at their pleasure: for twelve pence they will sell the Kingdom of heaven, by writing and clause of warrants, sealed with the common Seal, the Pope hath feigned that he is the Treasurer of the whole Church, having the treasure of the passion of Christ in his keeping, with the merits of all Saints in heaven, whereby he giveth feigned pardons a poena et culpa, and whereby he can deliver all captives being in purgatory at his pleasure, and make them not to come there.
9 Auricular Confession, and the fained power of Absolution, setteth vp the Priest of Priests, and giueth them opportunitie of other secret talkes, Lords and Ladies ⟨p. 94⟩doe witnes that for feare of their Confessors, they dare not speake the truth, and in time of confession is opportunity ministred to play the Bawdes, and make other secret conuentions to deadly sinne: they say they are Commissaries from God, to Iudge and discerne all sinnes, to pardon what they please, that they haue the k•yes of hell and heauen, that they can excommunicate, blesse and curse, binde and lose at their pleasure: for twelue pence they will sell the Kingdome of heauen, by writing and clause of warrants, sealed with the common Seale, the Pope hath fained that he is the Treasurer of the whole Church, hauing the treasure of the passion of Christ in his kéeping, with the merits of all Saints in heauen, whereby hee giueth fained pardons a poena et culpa, and whereby he can deliuer all captiues being in purgatory at his pleasure, and make them not to come there.