The History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland

Secondly, seeing that in all Supplications made to the King and Queens Majesties by the Church at all times, they desired most earnestly that all Idolatry and superstition, and especially the Mass, should be rooted out and abolished quite out of this Realm; And that in the last general Assembly of the Church, by their Commissioners, they had most earnestly desired the same; And that their answer was then, That they knew no impediment in the Mass; therefore the Assembly desired, That it might please their Highnesses to hear Disputation, to the end that such as now pretend to Preach in the Chapel Royal, and maintain ⟨p. 428⟩such errors; the Truth being tried by disputation, that they might be known to be abusers, submitting themselves always to the Word of God written in the Scriptures. To this it was answered by the Queen, That she was always minded that the Ministers should be paid their Stipends; and if there was any fault therein, the same came by some of their own sort, meaning the Comptroller Pittarow, who had the handling of the Thirds: Always by the advice of her Council she should cause such order to be taken therein, that none should have occasion to complain. As to the second, She would not jeopard her Religion upon such as were there present; for she knew well enough that the Protestants were more learned.

Secondly, seeing that in all Supplications made to the King and Queens Majesties by the Church at all times, they desired most earnestly that all Idolatry and superstition, and especially the Masse, should be rooted out and abolished quite out of this Realme; And that in the last generall Assembly of the Church, by their Commissioners, they had most earnestly desired the same; And that their answer was then, That they knew no impediment in the Masse; therefore the Assembly desired, That it might please their Highnesses to hear Disputation, to the end that such as now pretend to Preach in the Chappell Royall, and maintain ⟨p. 428⟩such errours; the Truth being tryed by disputation, that they might be known to be abusers, submitting themselves alwayes to the Word of God written in the Scriptures. To this it was answered by the Queen, That she was alwayes minded that the Ministers should be paid their Stipends; and if there was any fault therein, the same came by some of their own sort, meaning the Comptroller Pittarow, who had the handling of the Thirds: Alwayes by the advice of her Councell she should cause such order to be taken therein, that none should have occasion to complain. As to the second, She would not jeopard her Religion upon such as were there present; for she knew well enough that the Protestants were more learned.