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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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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.
4 John 22. Math. 16. and the 18. Receive the holy Ghost, whatsoever you shall bind in earth, shall be bound in heaven, &c. Many for lack of understanding, shall be terrified by the Priests and be deceived, presuming upon their power and authority. Answer. I allow this sentence, it is not possible for a Priest to bind and lose, except that binding and losing be in heaven: but many are made afraid, thinking whether they be just or unjust, the Priests may at their pleasures bind them, and the ignorant Priests presume to have such power, saying; they have such power to absolve every man confessing himself, of what sin soever it be, though many sins are forbidden them. And an Hypocrite may confess himself, that is not contrite for his sin, whereof proof is often found, & is evident, because the Letter killeth, but the spirit quickeneth.