1. First, •hat Images are not to be had in the Kirk, nor to be worshipped.
2. That the Relics of Saints are not to be worshipped.
3. That Laws & Ordinances of men, vary from time to time, and that by the Pope.
4. That it is not lawful to fight for the Faith, nor to defend the Faith by the Sword, if we be not driven to it by necessity, which is above all Law.
5. That Christ gave power to Peter, as also to the other Apostles, and not to the Pope his pretended Successor, to bind and loose within the Kirk.
6. That Christ ordained no Priests to consecrate as they do in the Romish Church, these many years.
7. That after the Consecration in the Mass, there remains Bread, and that there is not the natural Body of Christ.
8. That Tithes ought not to be given to Ecclesiastical men, as they were then called, to wit, wholly, but a part to the poor, widow, or orphans, & other pious uses.
9. That Christ at his coming hath taken away power from Kings to judge. This Article we doubt not to be the venomous accusation of the enemies, whose practise hath ever been to make the doctrine of Jesus Christ suspect to Kings and Rulers:1 As if God thereby would deprive them of their Royal Seats; While on the contrary nothing confirms the power of Magistrates more then doth Gods Truth. But to the Articles.
10. That every faithful man and women is a Priest, in that sense that they are called by the Apostle Saint John, Apoc. 1.6.5.10.20.6.
211. That the Unction of Kings, ceased at the coming of Christ; and truly it was but late since Kings were anointed, namely in Scotland, for Edgar was the first anointed King in Scotland, about the year 1100.
12. That the Pope is not the successor of Peter, but where he said, Go behind me Satan.
13. That the Pope deceives the people by his Bulls, and his Indulgences.
14. That the Mass profiteth not the souls, who in those days were said to be in Purgatory.
15. That the Pope and the Bishops deceive the people by their Pardons.
16. That Indulgences ought not to be granted to fight against the Saracens.
17. That the Pope exalts himself against God, and above God.
18. That the Pope cannot remit the pains of Purgatory.
19. That the blessings of the Bishops (of dumb Dogs they should have been styled) are of no value.
⟨p. 3⟩20. That the Excommunication of the Kirk is not to be feared, if there be no true cause for it.
21.
1. First, •hat Images are not to be had in the Kyrk, nor to be worshipped.
2. That the Reliques of Saints are not to be worshipped.
3. That Laws & Ordinances of men, vary from time to time, and that by the Pope.
4. That it is not lawfull to fight for the Faith, nor to defend the Faith by the Sword, if we be not driven to it by necessity, which is above all Law.
5. That Christ gave power to Peter, as also to the other Apostles, and not to the Pope his pretended Successour, to binde and loose within the Kyrk.
6. That Christ ordained no Priests to consecrate as they do in the Romish Church, these many yeers.
7. That after the Consecration in the Masse, there remains Bread, and that there is not the naturall Body of Christ.
8. That Tythes ought not to be given to Ecclesiasticall men, as they were then called, to wit, wholly, but a part to the poor, widow, or orphans, & other pious uses.
9. That Christ at his coming hath taken away power from Kings to judge. This Article we doubt not to be the venomous accusation of the enemies, whose practise hath ever been to make the doctrine of Jesus Christ suspect to Kings and Rulers:1 As if God thereby would deprive them of their Royall Seats; While on the contrary nothing confirms the power of Magistrates more then doth Gods Truth. But to the Articles.
10. That every faithfull man and women is a Priest, in that sence that they are called by the Apostle Saint Iohn, Apoc. 1.6.5.10.20.6.
211. That the Unction of Kings, ceased at the coming of Christ; and truely it was but late since Kings were anointed, namely in Scotland, for Edgar was the first anointed King in Scotland, about the yeer 1100.
12. That the Pope is not the successour of Peter, but where he said, Go behinde me Satan.
13. That the Pope deceives the people by his Buls, and his Indulgences.
14. That the Masse profiteth not the souls, who in those dayes were said to be in Purgatory.
15. That the Pope and the Bishops deceive the people by their Pardons.
16. That Indulgences ought not to be granted to fight against the Saracens.
17. That the Pope exalts himself against God, and above God.
18. That the Pope cannot remit the pains of Purgatory.
19. That the blessings of the Bishops (of dumb Dogs they should have been stiled) are of no value.
⟨p. 3⟩20. That the Excommunication of the Kyrk is not to be feared, if there be no true cause for it.
21.
- 1Confer this 4. Article with the 16. Article.Conferre this 4. Article with the 16. Article.
- 2The Pope did bethink himself at last •o subject Princes unto him, by this tie of invented unction.The Pope did bethink himself at last •o subject Princes unto him, by this tye of invented unction.
