A09739:15
An answer made the fourth day of September a thousand five hundred sixty [and]…Ane answer made the fourth day of Septembre a thousand fyue hundreth syxtie [and]…
An answer made the fourth day of September a thousand five hundred sixty [and] one, by maister Theodore de Besza minister of the holy Evangel, in the presence of the queen mother, the king and queen of Navarre, the princes of the blood royal, and of the privy counsel, unto that which the cardinal of Lorraine had replied against that which was propounded in the first journey of their talking together, by the said de Besza in the name of the reformed churches. Together with an other short answer made by the said de Besza the 26 day of the said month unto certain articles of reply set forth by the said cardinalAne answer made the fourth day of Septembre a thousand fyue hundreth syxtie [and] one, by maister Theodore de Besza minister of the holie Euangile, in the presence of the quene mother, the king and quene of Nauarre, the princes of the blood royall, and of the priuie counseil, vnto that whiche the cardinall of Lorraine had replied against that whiche was propounded in the first iourney of their talking together, by the said de Besza in the name of the reformed churches. Together with an other short answer made by the said de Besza the 26 day of the said moneth vnto certein articles of replie set forth by the said cardinall
Edinburgh: printed by Robert Lekprewik, 1562
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1So now as touching the first point of the Church, we shall treat it in three parts. The first, what is the Church. The second, what be the marks of it. The third what is the authority thereof.
1So now as touching ye first point of the Churche, we shall treat it in thre partes. The first, what is the Churche. The seconde, what be the markes of it. The third what is the authoritie thereof.
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1It is most certain that this name of the Church is taken and drawn out of a greek word, which signifieth as much,2 as to call from one place to an other. But we find in the Scripture, that there is two manner of callings, the one is ⟨image 7⟩•oyned with the efficacy of the holy Spirit, of the which is spoken in the right chapter of the Epistle to the Romans, where it is said,3 that God justifieth them, that he calleth:4 the other, although it be the self same outwardly, as the first is, yet is it of no value unto salvation, not that the fault thereof cometh of God, but of the men that will be deaf, following that which is commonly said, that there is none deafer,5 then he that will not understand.