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CATHOLIC TRACTATES.
obtein his saluation. And S. Cyprian martyr testifies that quha
hes not the kirk for his mother, can not haif God for his father.
Seing than thair is na saluation out of the Catholik kirk it follouis
necessairlie, that ather the present kirk of Scotland, laitlie erectit be
1 Methuen and vtheris of thair sect, is not the treu kirk : 5
or ellis all our foirfatheris quha vas baptisit and deid in the Romaine
kirk, euer sen Christis euangell vas first prechit in our contrie,
and gentelisme expellit, mon be necessairlie condemnit in saul
and body to the seternall fyre of hel: becaus neuer ane of thame
imbrasit sic ane religion as this Caluinisme. 10
Sig. V. iii. r. Testimoneis for Anti-
quitie of religion and succession of Pa-
sloris in the Catholik Kirk, quhilk here-
tikis as the Caluinolatre antichristian
ministers can not schau, quha not ente¬
ring at the dur, hes violentlie dispossessit
lauchfullie callit pastoris.
Remember all the dayis of thj predicessoris, considder all thair
generations and eagis, inquyre at thj father and he sail schau the,
and of thj forbearis and thay sail tell the. Deut. 32.
Transgres not the boundis quhilk thj forbearis hes put.
Prouerb. 22. 15
Sig. V. iv. r. My sone keip the preceptis of thj father and put not auay the
lau of thj mother, bind thame contenuallie in thj hairt, and put
thame about thj neck: quhen thou gangis let thame pas vith
the: quhen thou sleipis let thame keip the, and speik vith the
quhen thou valkis. Prouerb. 6. 20
The kirk is the pillar and sure grund of the veritie.
1 Timoth. 3.
Christ hes geuin sum apostlis, sum prophettis, vthers euan-
gelistis, pastoris and doctouris, to the edification of his body
1 Blank in the original print.