The historie of the reformation of the Church of Scotland containing five books : together with some treatises conducing to the history.
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The historie of the reformation of the Church of Scotland containing five books : together with some treatises conducing to the history.
Author
Knox, John, ca. 1514-1572.
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London :: Printed by John Raworth for George Thomason and Octavian Pullen ...,
1644.
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Knox, John, ca. 1514-1572.
Mary, -- Queen, consort of James V, King of Scotland, 1515-1560.
Church of Scotland -- History.
Reformation -- Scotland.
Scotland -- Church history -- 16th century.
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"The historie of the reformation of the Church of Scotland containing five books : together with some treatises conducing to the history." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A47584.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2024.
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The fourth Article.
Thou false hereticke hast openly taught, That Auricular Confession is not a blessed Sacrament, and thou saist, That we should onely confesse us to God, and to no Priest.
The Answer.
My Lords, I say, That Auricular Confession, seeing that it hath no promise of the Gospel, truely it cannot be a Sacrament. Of the Con∣fession to be made to God, there are many testimonies in Scripture, as when David saith,I thought that I would acknowledge mine iniquity against my self unto the Lord, and he forgave the trespasses of my sins. Here confessing sig∣nifieth the secret knowledge of our sins before God. When I exhorted the people on this manner, I reproved no manner of Confession: And farther, Saint Iames saith, Acknowledge your sins one to another, and so let you have peace among your selves. Here the Apostle meaneth nothing of Auricular Confession, but that we should acknowledge and confesse our selves to be sinners before our brethren, and before the world, and not to esteeme our selves, as the Gray Friers do, thinking themselves already purged. When that he had said these words, the horned Bishops and their com∣plices cryed and gyrned with their teeth, saying, See ye not what colours he hath in his speech, that he may beguile us, and seduce us to his opinion?