A04924:52
The copy of a letter, sent to the lady Mary dowager, Regent of Scotland,…The copie of a letter, sent to the ladye Mary dowagire, Regent of Scotland,…
The copy of a letter, sent to the lady Mary dowager, Regent of Scotland, by John Knox in the year. 1556. Here is also a notable sermon, made by the said John Knox, wherein is evidently proved that the mass is and always hath ben abominable before God and idolatryThe copie of a letter, sent to the ladye Mary dowagire, Regent of Scotland, by Iohn Knox in the yeare. 1556. Here is also a notable sermon, made by the sayde Iohn Knox, wherin is euydentlye proued that the masse is and alwayes hath ben abhominable before God and idolatrye
printed by H. Singleton?, 1556
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But in vain will some think that all this labour have I tak•: for no man of hole judgement any part of this would have denied: nor yet doeth it prove any thing of m•ne intent. For the mass is not the invention of man, but the very ordinance of God. Then descend I to prove the mass to be the mere invention of man, setup ⟨image 32⟩without all commandment of God.
But in vayn will some thinke that all this laboure haue I tak•: for no man of hole iudgement any parte of this wolde haue denyed: nor yet doeth it proue any thynge of m•ne entent. For the masse is not the inuention of man, but the very ordinance of God. Then descende I to proue the masse to be the mere inuention of man, setvp ⟨image 32⟩withoute all commaundement of God.
And first of this name, Missa, which we call the mas•e, would I ask at such as would defend that papistical abomination, of what spirit is it invented? That missa shall signify a sacrifice for y• since of the quick and the dead? Of the spirit of God? or of y• spirit of man? or of what original is it descended? Some will answer from the Hebrew diction, Missah, which after some doeth signify an oblation or a gift. Like as tribute, which the inferior offereth or payeth to the superior. In the Hebrew tongue I confess my self ignorant, but have (as God knoweth) fervent thirst to have some entrance therein, and so of the Hebrew diction can not contend. But men of great judgement in the same •unge say: y• no where in scriptures