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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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2 Christ doth more love a predestinate Ban being sinful, then any Reprobate, in what grace soever he be. Answer. The reason is, because the predestinate shall have perpetual blessedness, and the Reprobate eternal fire; therefore GOD infinitely loveth them both as his Creatures, and much more because he giveth them greater graces, to wit; everlasting life, which is far more excellent then only grace, according to present Justice; and the predestinated cannot fall from Grace, for they have a certain radical grace rooted in them, although they be deprived of the abundance of grace for the time.
2 Christ doth more loue a predestinate Ban being sinfull, then any Reprobate, in what grace soeuer he be. Answere. The reason is, because the predestinate shall haue perpetuall blessednesse, and the Reprobate eternall fire; therefore GOD infinitely loueth them both as his Creatures, and much more because he giueth them greater graces, to wit; euerlasting life, which is far more excellent then onely grace, according to present Iustice; and the predestinated cannot fall from Grace, for they haue a certaine redicall grace rooted in them, although they be depriued of the aboundance of grace for the time.
3 All the sinful according to present Justice are unfaithful, swerving from the true Catholic faith, for none can commit deadly sin, but in the point he swerveth from the faith. Answer. I acknowledge it to be my sentence: for if they did believe the punishment that shall be laid upon sinners, and had faith of the divine understanding, &c. then they would not so offend. This is verified by the Prophet Isaiah, Thy fellows are misbelievers, and fellows of thieves, they love bribes, and are followers of rewards, so he calleth them Infidels for their offences: also in the first of Titus, They confess they know God, but in works they deny him.
3 All the sinfull according to present Iustice are vnfaithfull, swaruing from the true Catholike faith, for none can commit deadly sinne, but in the point he swarueth from the faith. Answer. I acknowledge it to be my sentence: for if they did beléeue the punishment that shall be laid vpon sinners, and had faith of the diuine vnderstanding, &c. then they would not so offend. This is verified by the Prophet Esay, Thy fellows are misbeleeuers, and fellowes of theeues, they loue bribes, and are followers of rewards, so he calleth them Infidels for their offences: also in the first of Titus, They confesse they know God, but in workes they deny him.