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The History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland
The history of the reformation of the Church of Scotland containing five books : together with some treatises conducing to the history.The historie of the reformation of the Church of Scotland containing five books : together with some treatises conducing to the history.
London: printed by John Raworth for George Thomason and Octavian Pullen, 1644
Book 5: THE FIFTH BOOK Of the Reformation of the CHURCH Of SCOTLAND.
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.
About this time, in the beginning of as the Court remained at Edinburgh, the banished Lords by all means possible, by writings and their friends, made suit and means to the King and Queens Majesties, to be received into favour.
At this time the Abbot of Kylwinning came from Newcastle to Edinburgh, and after he had gotten audience of the King and Queen, with great difficulty he got Pardon for the Duke, and his friends and servants, upon this Condition, That he should pass into France; which he did soon after.
At this time the Abbot of Kylwinning came from Newcastle to Edinburgh, and after he had gotten audience of the King and Queen, with great difficulty he got Pardon for the Duke, and his friends and servants, upon this Condition, That he should passe into France; which he did soon after.
The five and twentieth of December convened in Edinburgh the Commissioners of the Churches within this Realm for the general assembly, There assisted to them the Earls of Morton and Mar, the Lord Lindsay, and Secretary Lethington, with some Barons and Gentlemen. The principal things that were agreed and concluded, were, That forasmuch as the Mass, with such Idolatry, and Papistical Ceremonies, were still maintained, expressly against the Act of Parliament, and the Proclamations made at the Queens Arrival; And that the Queen had promised that she would hear Conference and Disputation; That the Church therefore offered to prove by the Word of God, That the Doctrine preached within this Realm was according to the Scriptures; and that the Mass, with all the Papistical Doctrine, was but the invention of men, and mere Idolatry.
The five and twentieth of December convened in Edinburgh the Commissioners of the Churches within this Realme for the generall assemblie, There assisted to them the Earles of Morton and Marre, the Lord Lindsay, and Secretary Lethington, with some Barons and Gentlemen. The principall things that were agreed and concluded, were, That forasmuch as the Masse, with such Idolatry, and Papisticall Ceremonies, were still maintained, expresly against the Act of Parliament, and the Proclamations made at the Queens Arrivall; And that the Queen had promised that she would hear Conference and Disputation; That the Church therefore offered to prove by the Word of God, That the Doctrine preached within this Realme was according to the Scriptures; and that the Masse, with all the Papisticall Doctrine, was but the invention of men, and meer Idolatry.