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Of the ceremoneis at1 baptim.2 Sen the maist aunciant3 Martyris and Doctouris of the primitiue Kirk, as Iustinus, Cypriane, Tertulliane, Origene, Basill, Augustine, and wthiris, witnessis mekle 4 ordour to be obseruit 5 at baptim nocht expreslie writtin 5 in Scripturis: and also mony of thai ceremones 6 vseit be the Kirk of God in thir our days at baptim, to hef bene traditionis vniuersalie obseruit, and throw that causs nocht to be neclectit nor contemnit,-quhilkis ar specialie exorcizatioun, the signe of the croce, with the 10 rycht hand on the forret to be maid, to renunce the deuil and all his werkis, the vncting with oyll and chrisme, the baptizit to be couerit with a quhyte clayth, callit the cuid, to be thryiss dippit in the wattir,-quhy accuis ze ws of idolatrie, superstitioun, or papistrie, as 15 ze call it, for the vseing thairof, and wil nocht condemne planelie, as ze think (quhilk thocht esalie may be considerit) the saidis Martyris, Doctouris, and all Kirkis of Christe afoir thir oure days, as an idolatricall and superstitius Kirk, pollutit with the saidis filthy 20 wices ? 10 8 17. Of Godis Kirk. Gif ze condemne the said Kirk of the Martyris (quhome the rest hes euir follouit to our days in that part) of superstitioun and idolatrie, quhare sall ze find this Kirk of God promittit in the Euangel, quhois fayth suld nocht 25 failze 11 ? 18. Of the ceremoneis, amang the new reformaris. Git ze will admitt in zour Kirk na ceremonie, except expreslie commandit in Scriptuir, quhy will ze the nocht 1 MS. off. 3 MS. antient. 4 MS. mekill. 5 MS. wsit. 6 MS. ceremoneis. 7 MS. accuss. 8 MS. inserts erar. 9 MS. page 23., ground of in the myre. Matth. 26. Note. 3 5 baptize the barne except1 the father thairof hald it in 1 MS. accept. 2 MS. barneis. 3 MS. baisine. 5 MS. page 24. 6 MS. nor. 7 MS. ministeris. 8 MS. inserts that. 9 MS. undivydit is. 10 MS. resawis. 12 MS. it that. 3 We are mony ane breid and ane body, all that ar partakaris1 of ane breid and ane coup? And quhy will ze nocht solemnize zour band of matrimonie, except thai be proclamit thre bannis afoir? Quhy caus ze at 5 mariage the persones 2 than mariit, to tak wthiris be the hand, and in sum places a ring to be giuin? Thir thingis we speir nocht that we repreue thame all, bot to knaw quhou ze estabiliss zour doctrine, to the quhilk ze will that we astrict our selfis: sen ze teche na thing to be IO vseit at the sacramentis or in religioun, except thai be expreslie commandit in Scripturis, albeit ze vse the contrare zour selfis. 19. Gif all the sacramentis of Auld and New I Cor. 10. Sen the sacramentis of the Euangell exhibitis in deid and veritie thai graces figurat only and hoipit 5 for in 15 the Auld Testament, as largelie exponis 6 the Doctouris, as Ambrose writtand on the 73 Psalme: The sacramentis (says he) of the Auld and New Testament ar nocht alyke, for the ane promittis the Saluiour and the wtheris wirkis saluation; quhy techze that thai are all 20 indifferentlie of ane efficacities and actual strenthe ? Say ze that manna in the desert wes the samin thing in effect that the Sacrament of Christis body, sen the ane wes the figure and the wthir the veritie? Or hald 10 ze manna of greitar excellencie than the wthir, quhilk ze Note. 25 do gif ze confes breid and wyne allanerlie thair præsent, sen manna descendit frome the heuin be miracle, and breid and wyne ascendis from the erd be natuir? Quhiddir affirm ze herfor the figure and the veritie to be ane thing or nocht; or the figure and the schaddow of 30 mair excellencie 11 than the wthir, or nocht? 9 Luc. 22. I Cor. II. Note. 20. Of the real præsence1 of Christis body in the Sacrament, be pouer of the wordis of Christ omnipotent. Qvhat haif ze for zour defence to affirm in the Sacrament of our Lordis2 body to remane breid and wyne with (13 wate nocht quhat) sum spiritual imaginatioun— and mair erroneouslie also contrare the Lutheranis, and all Kirkis afoir zou, that thair is nocht thair bot 5 breid and wyne only-sen the wordis of our Saluiour (quha is werray God, omnipotent in pouer) ar sa expreslie spokin, This is my body; This is my bluid? And St. Paull exponing the samin, writtis 5 that the man quha eitis thairof vnuorthelie, eitis his damnatioun, 10 nocht decerning (says he) the Lordis body. And siklyke all the aunciant Fatheris and Counselis, nocht allanerlie that hes bein laitlie, bot quha hes writtin fra the beginning, quhare thai tweche that mater, writtis contrare zour doctrine- as ane sufficient testimonie 15 thairof may be the first Counsel haldin at Ephesus-to the quhilk ze astrict zow in zour beleif set out in zour Confessioun at Geneua. Bot gif ze allege that sum of thame callis that sacrament a figure, we ar certifiet be euident demonstrationis of thair writtingis, that quhare 20 thai call it anis a figure, thai call it an hundreth tymes Christis warray body and bluid. Quhareby thai schaw thame selfis planelie, that thai call the sensible signis of that Sacrament a figure or signe of the thingis præsent inuisibile, and nocht absent, that nane suld haif 25 that carnal and gross iugement of the Capernaitis. 1 MS. presens. 2 MS. Chrystis. 3 MS. we. 4 MS. page 26. 5 MS. wrettis. 6 MS. auncient faderris. bluid. 8 MS. wisibill. 21. Of certane argumentis tweching the premissis.1 Ze takand zour argument contrare the real præsence of Christis body in the sacrament, vseis to ressoun of the natural propirteis of a manis werray body, to the quhilk the body of our Saluiour wes alyke (bot zit nocht 5 æquall) in all thingis tueching ane werray man, except sin and ignorance, as ze godly in that case consentis with ws. Bot2 we demand gif our Saluiour in this lyfe enduit nocht His mortall and passible body with the propirteis and giftis of an immortal and impassible body? TO Gif ze say na, ze deny the Scripturis : as quhen he passit vpon the see, quhen he transfigurat His body afoir His 'passioun, quhen he passit throw the middiss of the thik peple to 3 euade thair furie; and siklyke, eftir His rectioun, by the propirteis of a body glorifiit and than Io. 20. 7 resur Io. 6. Ibidem. 17. 10. 8, 10. Matt. 14. Luc. 24. Luc. vlt. Act. I. Act. 20. 15 immortal, eit with His discipulis the fuid of mortalitie; and als by the propirteis of a werray body enterit in, the duiris being closit, zea, as Godis Kirk declaris till ws, throw the closit duiris.5 We demand zou heirfor gif ze beleue that our Saluiour did thir thingis veralie 20 and indeid, or be ane certane jouglarie craft? Gif ze grant with ws (as we hoip ze sall) that He did thir thingis truelie and in deid, becaus it is sa writtin, albeit agains 8 all naturall iugement, and by the propirteis of a werray body, quhy beleue ze nocht the wthir alsua? Sen zour Cal. in in25 grete 10 maister Caluin confessis this sacrament to be a mysterie mair hie than he can schau be toung, think in mynd, or ony ways can defend 11 in his herte, 12 and an wthir matir than to trow only. And sen Chrysostome Homel. 83. maist ernestlie forbidis 13 to attend to our natural sensis 1 O.E. premisss. 2 MS. page 27. 3 MS. and hid himselff 5 MS. dures and douris. 6 MS. realie. 7 MS. juiglourie. 8 MS. aganis. 10 MS. grytt. 11 O.E. descend; MS. defend. 12 MS. hart. The MS. 13 MS. forbiddis. stitut., de cœna domini. in Matth. |