d contract maid betuix God
and the infant, bot also that the Churche then assembled, more
gravelie may be informed and instructed of thare dewiteis, whiche
at all tymes thei owe to God, according to that promeise maid unto
him, when thei war receaved in his houshold by the lavachre[747] of
spirituall regeneratioun.

Ferdlie, We desyre, that the holy Sacrament of the Lordis Suppare,
or of his most blessed body and bloode, may lykwyise be ministred
unto us in the vulgare toung; and in boyth kyndis,[748] according
to the plane institutioun of our Saviour Christ Jesus.

And last, We most humblie requyre, that the wicked, sklanderous,
and detestable lyiff of Prelates, and of the State Ecclesiasticall,
may be so reformed, that the people by thame have nott occasioun
(as of many dayis thei have had) to contempne thare ministerie, and
the preaching wharof thei shuld be messingeris.[749] And yf thei
suspect, that we, rather invying thare honouris, or coveting thare
riches and possessionis, then zelouslie desyring thare amendment
and salvatioun, do travell and labour for this Reformatioun; [SN:
THE OFFER.] we ar content not onlie that the rewllis and preceptis
of the New Testament, bot also the writtinges of the ancient
Fatheris, and the godly approved lawis of Justiniane the Emperour,
decyd the contraversie betuix us and thame: And if it salbe found,
that eyther malevolentlie or ignorantlie we ask more then these
three foirnamed have requyred, and continewlie do requyre of able
and trew ministeris in Christes Church, we refuise not correctioun,
as your Grace, with right judgement, shall think meit. Bot and yf
all the foirnamed shall dampne that whiche we dampne, and approve
that whiche we requyre, then we most earnestlie beseik your Grace,
that notwithstanding the long consuetude which thei have had to
live as thei list, that thei be compelled eyther to desist from
ecclesiastical administratioun, or to discharge thare dewities as
becumeth trew ministeris; So that the grave and godlie face of the
primitive Churche reduced, ignorance may be expelled, trew doctrine
and good maneris may ones agane appeare in the Churche of this
Realme. These thingis we, as most obedient subjectis, requyre of
your Grace, in the name of the Eternall God, and of his Sone,
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