The story of Scotland from the earliest times to the present century .. . ons was Patrick Hamilton, the Abbot of had received the proscribed doctrines from thelips of Luther when sojourning in Germany. Havingreturned home in 1527, he began to teach what hehad learned ; and early in the following year he wasseized and imprisoned in the Castle of St. was tried for heresy, convicted, condemned, andburned on the 29th of February, 1528, before theCollege of St. Andrews. He left a short treatise inLatin, which contained a summary of his leadingdoctrines, and which was translated i
The story of Scotland from the earliest times to the present century .. . ons was Patrick Hamilton, the Abbot of had received the proscribed doctrines from thelips of Luther when sojourning in Germany. Havingreturned home in 1527, he began to teach what hehad learned ; and early in the following year he wasseized and imprisoned in the Castle of St. was tried for heresy, convicted, condemned, andburned on the 29th of February, 1528, before theCollege of St. Andrews. He left a short treatise inLatin, which contained a summary of his leadingdoctrines, and which was translated into Englishshortly after his death. It was chiefly among the lower orders of the clergythat the new doctrines were embraced. The Friarswere the preachers of the time, and here and therethey would be found inveighing against the prevailingabuses of the priesthood. Friar William Airthhad preached a sermon in Dundee, in which hetouched on the lives of the bishops, and the evilsassociated with excommunication ; whereat theBishop of Brechins followers were greatly JAMES v., KING OF SCOTLAND. {From a print in the British Museum.) ii no THE REFORMATION IN SCOTLAND. and they buffeted him as a heretic. The Friarundaunted, intimated that he would again preachin the parish church of St. Andrews ; and on theappointed day the regents of the University andother persons of rank attended. He ascended thepulpit and gave out the text, Verity is the strongestof all things. He referred to excommunication, andsaid that it should not be applied for every lightcause, but only against open and incorrigible sinners. But now, said he, the avarice of priests and theignorance of their office has caused it altogether tobe utterly vilified ; for the priest whose duty it isto pray for the people, stands up on Sunday andcries: One has tint a spurtle ; there is a flail stolenbeyond the burn ; the good wife of the other side ofthe gate has tint a horn spoon ; Gods malison andmine I give to them that
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