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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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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 ⟨p. 122⟩granteth this authority to the Pope, granteth he is without sin, and that he is God, the fact of the Pope proveth this same: for always in his Absolutions, h• presupposeth contrition and confession, but unto true Absolution there is required; first, contrition; secondly, the purpose to sin no more; thirdly, true confession; fourthly, steadfast hope of forgiveness: the first appeareth by Ezekiel, If the wicked repent: the second in the 5. and 8. of John, Sin no more: the third by Luke, show your selves to the Priests: the fourth, Christ saith, My Son believe, and thy sins shall be forgiven.
5 The binding and losing of God is plainely the cheefe and principall. Answere. This is verie euident, for it were a blasphemous presumption, that a man may forgiue an offence to GOD, hee not allowing the same: for it is necessarie, that GOD doe first forgiue, before his Uicar can doe the same▪ and no Article of our Faith ought to be more common and knowne to vs then this, and whosoeuer ⟨p. 122⟩granteth this authority to the Pope, graunteth he is without sin, and that he is God, the fact of the Pope proueth this same: for alwaies in his Absolutions, h• presupposeth contrition and confession, but vnto true Absolution there is required; first, contrition; secondly, the purpose to sin no more; thirdly, true confession; fourthly, stedfast hope of forgiuenes: the first appeareth by Ezechiel, If the wicked repent: the second in the 5. and 8. of Iohn, Sinne no more: the third by Luke, shew your selues to the Priests: the fourth, Christ saith, My Son beleeue, and thy sins shall be forgiuen.