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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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All these things therefore ought to be considered before that we should ground a doctrine as Apostolical for to abuse the authority or custom of the Apostles, to trouble the Churches with, like as we see that it haeth come to pass shortly after the time of the Apostles: for the feast of Easter, & specially in their time touching ⟨image 33⟩them which abused the authority of the Church of Jerusalem, for to mingle the Judaism with the Christianism according as it is written in the history of the Acts of the Apostles.1 There was it ordained that no mans conscience should he charged with any yoke.2 How then may we esteem that the Apostles have invented so many and so many ceremonies (unto which afterwards haeth been attributed both remission of sins and merits) seeing that they have made such an express protestation to the contrary, yea & would not give place unto the Mosaical ceremonies, of which God him self was author? It is a long time since that Saint Augustine complained hereof, when he wrote to Januarius, but there is no doubt if he had been in the like time as ⟨image 34⟩ours is, he would have been more astonied at them. In a some therefore, we do require that the Scripture, which is clear in this behalf, may discern betwixt the traditions that be good & them that be evil, betwixt them that be holy and them that be profane, betwixt them that be profitable and them that be noisome, and betwixt them that be needful & them that are superfluous.
All these thinges therefore oght to be considered before yt we should grounde a doctrine as Apostolicall for to abuse the authoritie or custom of ye Apostles, to trooble the Churches with, lyke as we see that it haeth come to passe shortly after the tyme of the Apostles: for the feast of Easter, & specially in their tyme touching ⟨image 33⟩them whiche abused the authoritie of the Churche of Ierusalem, for to mingle the Iudaisme with the Christianisme accordīg as it is written in the historie of the Actes of the Apostles.