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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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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.
4 Iohn 22. Math. 16. and the 18. Receiue the holy Ghost, whatsoeuer you shall binde in earth, shall be bound in heauen, &c. Many for lack of vnderstanding, shal be terrified by the Priests and be deceiued, presuming vpon their power and authority. Answer. I allow this sentence, it is not possible for a Priest to binde and lose, except that binding and losing be in heauen: but many are made afraid, thinking whether they be iust or vniust, the Priests may at their pleasures bind them, and the ignorant Priests presume to haue such power, saying; they haue such power to absolue euery man confessing himselfe, of what sinne soeuer it be, though many sins are forbidden thē. And an Hypocrite may confesse himselfe, that is not contrite for his sin, whereof proofe is often found, & is euident, because the Letter killeth, but the spirit quickneth.
5 The binding and losing of God is plainly the chief and principal. Answer. This is very evident, for it were a blasphemous presumption, that a man may forgive an offence to GOD, he not allowing the same: for it is necessary, that GOD do first forgive, before his Vicar can do the same▪ and no Article of our Faith ought to be more common and known to us then this, and whosoever