The tragical death of Dauid Beato[n] Bishoppe of sainct Andrewes in Scotland Whereunto is ioyned the martyrdom of maister George Wyseharte gentleman, for whose sake the aforesayed bishoppe was not long after slayne. Wherein thou maist learne what a burnynge charitie they shewed not only towards him: but vnto al suche as come to their hades for the blessed Gospels sake.
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The tragical death of Dauid Beato[n] Bishoppe of sainct Andrewes in Scotland Whereunto is ioyned the martyrdom of maister George Wyseharte gentleman, for whose sake the aforesayed bishoppe was not long after slayne. Wherein thou maist learne what a burnynge charitie they shewed not only towards him: but vnto al suche as come to their hades for the blessed Gospels sake.
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Lindsay, David, Sir, fl. 1490-1555.
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Imprinted at London :: By Iohn Daye, and William Seres, dwellynge in Sepulchres parish, at the signe of the Resurrection, a little aboue Holbourne conduite,
[1548?]
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Beaton, David, 1494-1546 -- Early works to 1800.
Wishart, George, 1513?-1546 -- Early works to 1800.
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"The tragical death of Dauid Beato[n] Bishoppe of sainct Andrewes in Scotland Whereunto is ioyned the martyrdom of maister George Wyseharte gentleman, for whose sake the aforesayed bishoppe was not long after slayne. Wherein thou maist learne what a burnynge charitie they shewed not only towards him: but vnto al suche as come to their hades for the blessed Gospels sake." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A05559.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2025.
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¶ The iiii. article.
☞ Thou false hereticke hast open∣ly taught, that auricular confessi∣on * 1.1 is not a sacramente. And thou sayest, that we shoulde onely con∣fesse vs to god and to no priest.
¶ The answer.
❧ My Lordes, I say that auricu¦lar cōfession, seinge that it hath no promesse of the Euangell, therfore it cannot be a sacramēt Of the cō∣fession * 1.2 to be made to god, there are many testimonies in scripture, as when Dauid sayeth. I thoughte that I woulde knoweledge myne iniquitie against my selfe vnto the Lorde, and he forgaue the trespase of my synnes. Here confession sig∣nifieth the secrete knoweledge of oure synnes before God. When I exhorted the people in thys maner,
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I reproued no maner of confessi∣on And farther sainct Iames say∣eth. Knowledge your sinnes one to * 1.3 an other, and so let you haue peace amonge your selues. When that he had sayed these wordes, the bi∣shoppes and their complices cryed and girned wyth their teeth, sai∣ynge: Se ye not what colours he hath in his speakyng, that he may begile vs and seduce vs to his opi∣nion.