The disputation concerning the controuersit headdis of religion haldin in the realme of Scotland, the zeir of God ane thousand, fyue hundreth fourscoir zeiris. Betwuix. the prætendit ministeris of the deformed Kirk in Scotland. and, Nicol Burne professor of philosophie in S. Leonardis college, in the citie of Sanctandrois, brocht vp from his tender eage in the peruersit sect of the Caluinistis, and nou be ane special grace of God, ane membre of the halie and Catholik kirk. Dedicat to his souerane the kingis M. of Scotland, King Iames the Saxt.
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The disputation concerning the controuersit headdis of religion haldin in the realme of Scotland, the zeir of God ane thousand, fyue hundreth fourscoir zeiris. Betwuix. the prætendit ministeris of the deformed Kirk in Scotland. and, Nicol Burne professor of philosophie in S. Leonardis college, in the citie of Sanctandrois, brocht vp from his tender eage in the peruersit sect of the Caluinistis, and nou be ane special grace of God, ane membre of the halie and Catholik kirk. Dedicat to his souerane the kingis M. of Scotland, King Iames the Saxt.
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Burne, Nicol.
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Imprented at Parise :: [By T. Brumen?],
the first day of October. 1581.
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"The disputation concerning the controuersit headdis of religion haldin in the realme of Scotland, the zeir of God ane thousand, fyue hundreth fourscoir zeiris. Betwuix. the prætendit ministeris of the deformed Kirk in Scotland. and, Nicol Burne professor of philosophie in S. Leonardis college, in the citie of Sanctandrois, brocht vp from his tender eage in the peruersit sect of the Caluinistis, and nou be ane special grace of God, ane membre of the halie and Catholik kirk. Dedicat to his souerane the kingis M. of Scotland, King Iames the Saxt." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/a17281.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 12, 2024.
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OF THE OBSERVATIONE
of the festual and halie dayis.
CHAP. XXXII.
Minister.
BOt the mater vil appeir mair euident gif ve
sal enter in particular consideratione of the tra∣ditionis
of the Papistical kirk, for thairin supersti∣tiouslie
ar obseruit ane greit number of halie dayis
aganis the command of God, Remember that thou
keip halie the sabaoth day, Sax dayis sal thou labour,
sua that gif ve labour not on euerie day of the oulk,
except the sonday, ve brek this commandiment: And
S. Paul vryttis aganis the obseruatione of the halie
dayis maist planelie: [I feir leist I haue bestouit my
trauel on zou in vain, for ze obserue dayis and zeiris,
And siclyk I micht proue vtheris zour traditionis
to be plane repugnant to Goddis vord and comman∣dimentis,
as the Making and vorshipping of Imagis,
the Inuocation of Sanctis, the Honoring of deid mēnis
banes, the Ganging in pilgramagis and monie vtheris
quhairof ze sould be eschamit.
B.
The treu mening of the commād of God
quhilk ze thrau for establishing of zour hae∣resie,
is that thay sould not labour vpone the
sevint day: As to the sax vthir dayis it is per∣mitted
to thame to labour gif thay pleise, bot
it is not commandit that thay labore, as ze
falslie allege aganis the plane vordis of the
scripture, cōsidering the Ieuis had monie fes∣tual
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dayis by the Sabaoth, As the feistis of the
Pasouer, of the First fruitis, of the Tabernaclis
and sindrie vtheris, quhilk var lang to reherse,
zea sum feastis thay obseruit hail aucht dayis
throuch out, and zit notuithstāding brak not
Christis commandiment concerning the kei∣ping
of the Sabaoth day: quhair of it is maist
euident, that ze vraist the scripture to ane sini∣strous
mening: for gif the Ieuis keipit the feast
of the Pasouer vith ane gret solennitie in re∣membrance
of the temporal benefeit, quhilk
thay resaued, to vit deliuerance from the bo∣delie
seruice and bondage of Pharao, hou me∣kil
mair sould ve obserue Pasche day in me∣morie
of the deliuerance of mankynd from
hel, be the resurrectione of our saluiour Christ
Iesus? sen as testifeis Sanct Paul tha thingis
quhilk var proponit to the Ieuis in ane obscu¦re
schaddou and figure onlie, ar offerit to vs
in treuth and veritie, [Lex continebatvmbrā
futurorum bonorum, non ipsā imaginē re∣rum:]
.i. The lau contenit the schaddouis of
tha gude thingis that var to be reuelit, and not
the propir image, and forme of the thingis
thame selfis. As to the secund reasone quhilk
ze vsit in zour obiectione, lyk as al the head∣dis
of zour doctrine quhairin ze disagrie from
the Catholik kirk, calland it Papistical, ar auld
condemnit haereseis, sua in this poynt ze fol∣lou
the futstoppis of the Manichaeanis, for as
testifeis Sanct August. thay obiectit this place
of scripture aganis the Catholikes of that
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aige, becaus thay keipit the halie dayes: to
quhom he ansuerit that Sanct Paul speakis
not of the halie dayis dedicat be the hail kirk
to Goddis seruice for memorie of his bene∣feittis,
bot of the superstition of the Gentiles,
quha beleuit that sum dayis of thair auin na∣ture
var vnhappie for ane coniunctione of
noysum planetis or starres, and becaus this, or
that planet vas in sik ane hous of the heauin,
quhilk opinionis var maist vain and impro∣fitabil.
The Manichaeanis obiectit lykuyse
that the Christianis eftir the custume of the
Gētiles obseruit [solstitia and Aequinoctia) be∣caus
the Christianis keipit halie the Natiuitie
of the lord, and Pasche day, of the quhilk the
ane befel in the solstitial of vynter, and the
vthir eftir the aequinoctial of the spring ty∣me:
To quhom Sanct Augustin ansuerit that
the Christianis obseruit not thir seasonis mo∣uit
be the superstition of the Gentiles, bot be
the command of Christis halie kirk, quha
apoyntit thame halie for rememberance of
the exceiding gret benefeitis quhilk redoūdit
to the hail varld of Christis Natiuitie and Re∣surrectione.
For defence of this louabil custu∣me
of the vniuersal kirk in keiping of the ha∣lie
dayis S. Ignatius quha vas S. Iohne the
Euangelistis discipil and ane halie martyr
vryttis to the Christian people, that thay keip
halie the festual dayis, and vther distinctionis
of tymes, and meattis institute be the halie
Apostlis and kirk Catholik, saying, (Festiuita∣tes
ne spernite, quagragesimam seruate, conti∣net
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enim exemplar conuersationis Domini∣cae)
that is to say. Lichtlie not the halie dayis,
keip the halie tyme of Lentern, becaus it
contenis ane exemplar of the conuersation
of the lord: And S. Cyprian in monie of his
epistlis commandis that the dayis vpon the
quhilkis the Martyris disceissit be diligentlie
obseruit, that thair dayis anniuersar or retur∣ning
be zeirlie course may be dedicat to the
seruice of God, and thankisgeuing for thair
victorie: For the quhilk caus immediatlie eftir
the decess of the Apostlis, The kirk constitute
in Rome Notaris to collect and register the
Actis of the Martyris: S. Augustin also for de∣fence
of the treuthvrittis aganis Adimātus the
Manichaean in this maner. (Nam & nos quo∣que
Dominicum diem, & Pascha celebramus,
& quaslibet alias dierum festiuitates, sed quia
intelligimus quò pertineant, non tempora
obseruamus, sed quae illis significantur tempo∣ribus)
.i. for ve obserue also the Sonday, Pasche
day, and quhatsumeuer vthir halie dayis, bot
becaus ve vndirstād to quhat end the keiping
of thame vas institute, ve keip not sik tymes
samekil, as tha thīgis quhilk ar signifeit be sik
tymes. And in ane vther place (Popul{us} Christia∣nus
memorias Martyrum religiosa deuotione
cōcelebrat ad excitandum imitationem, & vt
meritis eorum consocietur, atque orationi∣bus
adiuuetur:) .i. The Christiane people ce∣lebratis
the memorie of the Martyris vith
ane Godlie deuotion, to moue thame selfis to
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imitation and follouing of thair gud lyfis, and
that thay may haue follouschip and partici∣pation
of thair merites, and be helpit be thair
prayeris: And this vniuersalie in al aiges hes
bene keipit be al Christianis to this day: And
is obseruit not ōlie be vs quha ar Catholikes,
bot also be the Lauterianis in Germanie, be
the Zuinglianis in Sueishland, and be zour
nichtbouris in Inglād: sua that in this head ze
disagrie from al Christiā people in the varld,
mouit onlie be auarice as appearis, becaus ze
think it hurtful to zour gayn ād profeit gif ze
abstene from laboure vpone onie day by the
sonday, quhilk is also verie euil keipit aman∣gis
zou: And zit zour foirbearis quha obser∣uit
al the halie dayis verie diligentlie, had als
gret velth and aboundance of al thingis, as ze
haue: And euin as thay did imploy thame sel∣fis
vith gret liberalitie to the honoring and
seruice of God, sua God did bestou his giftis
the mair liberallie vpone thame: Bot ze think
al tyme tint quhilk ze imploy in Goddis ser∣uice,
for the quhik caus God sēdis sik dearth,
skairsnes, and hungar amangis zou, quhairof
vithout al doubt ze ar the cheif and principal
caus be transgression of the halie dayis, quhilk
calamitie gif the people reuenge not vpon
zour selfis, thay vil reuenge it vpon zour bair∣nis
gif ze leif onie behind zou: And gif thay
send thame not to the Gailzeonis, at the lest
thay vil send thame to Candie, to the effect
sua nobil ane cuntrey be not contaminat be
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sik ane vnhappie and adulterous generatione,
quhilk peraduentur vil cum to pas sonear
nor ze beleue, sua that Dene Iohne Durie vith
his tua pistolatis, his lang gūn and bricht mur∣reon
may be thair captane general, to the
quhilk office he is mair meit nor to disput of
the hid mystereis of the Christian fayth: (Ane
fuil sumtymes may be ane prophet). As to the
vthir headis of treu religione concerning the
vse of Images, the Inuocation of Sanctis the
Honoring of the reliques, and Ganging in
Pilgramagis, I vil distingueis thame seueralie,
and speak of euerie ane of thame apairt.