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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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6 A Reprobate man is never no member of the Church. Answer. It is in my Book with sufficient long probation of the Psalm 26. and the 5. Ephes. and by Saint Bernards saying; the Church of Christ is more plainly his body, then the body that was crucified: the Church is the flower of the Lord in which is corn and chaff: the Elect and Reprobate.
6 A Reprobate man is neuer no member of the Church. Answere. It is in my Booke with sufficient long probation of the Psalme 26. and the 5. Ephes. and by Saint Bernards saying; the Church of Christ is more plainely his body, then the body that was crucified: the Church is the flower of the Lord in which is corne and chaffe: the Elect and Reprobate.
7 Judas was no true Disciple of Christ: Answer. This I confess, S. Augustine in his Book of penance where he expounds 1. John 2. They came out from us, but were not of us: Christ knew from the beginning who should believe, and him that should betray him: and said, none cometh to me except it be given him of my Father, from that time many departed from him, though they were called by the Gospel, they were no true Disciples, because they did not continue in the word of Christ, as it is said, if you remain in my word you be my Disciples: it is evident, that Judas could not be the Disciple of Christ, by means of his covetousness: For Christ saith, except a man forsake that he hath, he cannot be my Disciple: therefore because Judas was a Thief John 12. and a Devil, John 6. It is evident that Judas was no true but a feigned Disciple. Saint Augustine upon Saint John, that Christs sheep hear his voice, saith, what manner of hearers were his sheep; Judas heard him but was a Woolf, yet he followed the shepherd, but being clothed in a sheep-skin he laid wait for the shepherd.