First, Where her Majestie answers, That she is not persuaded in religion, neither that she understands any impietie in the masse, but that the same is well grounded, that is no small grief to the Christian hearts of her godly subjects; considering that the trumpet of Christ’s Evengell hes been so long blowne in the countrey, and his mercy so plainly offered in the same, that her Majestie remains yet unpersuaded of the truth of this her religione; for our religion is not else but the same religion quhilk Jesus Christ hes in the last days revealed frae the bosome of his Father, whereof he made his Apostles messengers, and quhilk they preached and established among his faithfull, till the ’gaincoming of our Lord Jesus Christ; quhilk differs from the impietie of the Turks, the blasphemy of the Jews, the vaine superstitione of the Papists, in this, that only our religion hes God the Father, his only Sone Jesus Christ, our Lord, his Holy Spirit speaking in his Prophets and Apostles, for authors thereof, and their doctrine and practise for the ground of the same: the quhilk no uther religion upon the face of the earth can justly alleadge or plainly prove; yea, whatsomever assurance the Papists hes for their religion, the same hes the Turks for maintainance of their Alcorane, and the Jews fare greater for defence of their ceremonies, whether it be antiquitie of tyme, consent of people, authorietie of princes, great number or multitude consenting together, or any uther sicklyke cloaks they can pretend; and, therefore, as we are dolorous that her Majestie in this our religione is not persuaded, most reverently we require, in the name of the Eternall God, that her heines would embrace the means whereby she may be persuaded of the truth whilk presently we offer unto her Grace, aleswall be preaching of the Word, whilk is the chief means appointed be God to persuade all his chosen children of his infallible veritie, as be publick disputation against the adversaries of this our religion, deceavers of her Majestie, whensoever it shall be thought expedient to her Grace. And, as to the impietie of the Masse, we dare be bold to affirme that in that idoll there is a great impietie; from the beginning to the ending, it is nothing else but a masse of impietie; the author, or sayers, the action itselfe, or opinion thereof concerned, the hearers and gazers upon it, avows sacrilege, pronounces blasphemie, and committs most abominable idolatrie, as we have ever offered and yet offers ourselfes, most manifestly to prove. And where her Majestie esteems that the change of religion should dissolve the confederacy of allyance that she hes with the King of France and uther princes; assuredlie Christ’s trew religion is the undoubted meane to knitt us surely, perfyte confederacie and friendship with him that is King of kings, and who hes the hearts of all princes in his hands, whilk ought to be more precious to her