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CATHOLIC TRACTATES.
The craft
of Sathan.
2 Thess. 2.
Sap. 11.
a neis of valx. This is the craft of the ennemie of mannis salua-
tione quha insinuatis him self in mennis hartis sauing the seid of
arrogance throu opinion of knalege and treu Religion, be the
quhilk thaj quhom he hes attrapit, ar sa puftit vp in thair auin
opinion, that thaj prefer thame selfis to all thame quha euer hes 5
bene in the kirk of God: and therby thaj ar iustlie geuin ouer
be the eternall God to beleue the spreit of errour: and sa be a
furious rage ar careit auay rebelliouslie aganis Christ lesus and
his Catholik kirk, becuming disobedient to thair natiue kingis,
Princis and reularis. io
This is the verie caus of all coniurations of rebellion aganis
your maiestis mercifull gouernement. Off this procedit all
the horribill blastis of thair trumpettis and that not onlie
aganis your maiestie, bot also aganis thame quha vas thair
vp setteris and mentenaris, not throu maliciousnes, bot throu 15
ouer gret simplicitie, blind zeale and pretence of Religion,
craftelie desauit be thair flatterie, quha this day hes experimentit,
quhat is the nature of sik fraudfull doctoris, to haif geuin thame
eir, and mentenit thair seditious doctrine. For as the leuing
God puneishit thame quha vorshippit dum serpentis and vther 20
beistis, sending amang thame ane multitude of the same for a
iuste reuenge, Vt scirent quod per qua peccat quis per hac et
torquetur. i. That thaj mycht knau that euerie man is puneist
be thay thingis quhairby he synnit: Euin sa quha cheiflie
vorschippit the Caluiniane ministers as goddis, or rather as 25
abominabill Idollis, quhen thay first plantit the venemous
seid of thair erronious doctrine in place of the treu lycht
of the euangell, he quha is almychtie hes permittit thaj
self same ministers to be venemous serpentis to stang thame vith
the fyrie edge of thair tungis. Quhat surname in Scotland vor- 30
shippit mair the Caluinian ministers nor the Hamiltonis ? Quha
spendit mair of thair geir and blude in thair action, nor thaj ?
Quhat recompance haif thaj resauit for the vorshipping of thir
fyrie serpentis, prechouris of disobedience aganis natiue princes ?
All Scotland can beir faythfull record, that sen the tyme that 35
Knox, that incestuous and apostat preist the cheif of thaj vene¬
mous serpentis conspyrit to bring your maiestie in contempt of
CATHOLIC TRACTATES.
The craft
of Sathan.
2 Thess. 2.
Sap. 11.
a neis of valx. This is the craft of the ennemie of mannis salua-
tione quha insinuatis him self in mennis hartis sauing the seid of
arrogance throu opinion of knalege and treu Religion, be the
quhilk thaj quhom he hes attrapit, ar sa puftit vp in thair auin
opinion, that thaj prefer thame selfis to all thame quha euer hes 5
bene in the kirk of God: and therby thaj ar iustlie geuin ouer
be the eternall God to beleue the spreit of errour: and sa be a
furious rage ar careit auay rebelliouslie aganis Christ lesus and
his Catholik kirk, becuming disobedient to thair natiue kingis,
Princis and reularis. io
This is the verie caus of all coniurations of rebellion aganis
your maiestis mercifull gouernement. Off this procedit all
the horribill blastis of thair trumpettis and that not onlie
aganis your maiestie, bot also aganis thame quha vas thair
vp setteris and mentenaris, not throu maliciousnes, bot throu 15
ouer gret simplicitie, blind zeale and pretence of Religion,
craftelie desauit be thair flatterie, quha this day hes experimentit,
quhat is the nature of sik fraudfull doctoris, to haif geuin thame
eir, and mentenit thair seditious doctrine. For as the leuing
God puneishit thame quha vorshippit dum serpentis and vther 20
beistis, sending amang thame ane multitude of the same for a
iuste reuenge, Vt scirent quod per qua peccat quis per hac et
torquetur. i. That thaj mycht knau that euerie man is puneist
be thay thingis quhairby he synnit: Euin sa quha cheiflie
vorschippit the Caluiniane ministers as goddis, or rather as 25
abominabill Idollis, quhen thay first plantit the venemous
seid of thair erronious doctrine in place of the treu lycht
of the euangell, he quha is almychtie hes permittit thaj
self same ministers to be venemous serpentis to stang thame vith
the fyrie edge of thair tungis. Quhat surname in Scotland vor- 30
shippit mair the Caluinian ministers nor the Hamiltonis ? Quha
spendit mair of thair geir and blude in thair action, nor thaj ?
Quhat recompance haif thaj resauit for the vorshipping of thir
fyrie serpentis, prechouris of disobedience aganis natiue princes ?
All Scotland can beir faythfull record, that sen the tyme that 35
Knox, that incestuous and apostat preist the cheif of thaj vene¬
mous serpentis conspyrit to bring your maiestie in contempt of
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| Description | Tyrie's Refutation, 1573; Hay's Demandes, 1580; Hamilton's Catholick traictise, 1581; Burne's Disputation, 1581; Canisius' Catechism, 1588; Hamilton's Facile traictise, 1600; Ane schort catholick confession, ms. Selections edited, with introduction and glossary, by Thomas Graves Law. Edinburgh: Printed for the Society by W. Blackwood and Sons, 1901. |
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