not the Kirk sall perishe This holâ— argument we admit and mâ—st constantliâ— we do affirme it and yet sall he neuer be able to proue his intent which is that y â— Kirk of Scotland is no Kirk We will oppin the wound which the wryter of the letter keapes couerit yet it most greuis him as it doeth the rest of al papistis The Realme of Scotland all praise to God hes refused the Pape that Romane Antechrist and not only be preaching bot also be the publict Lawes hes dampned his tyrannicall lawes his odious superstitiounis and vsurped iurisdictioÌ„ And therefoir cry the papistis that we ar declyned from the trew Kirk and ar fallen back froÌ„ the Catholick faith But befoir that they be able to coÌ„uict vs of those crimes thay moÌ„ preif two thinges former that whatsoeuer was promysed to Ierusalem dois properly and only appertene vnto Rome and this mon thay do not be coniectures but be plane wordis as God pronouÌ„ced be his Prophet of Ierusalem This is the first The secund is that albeit Rome wer as able to proue a promise maid to it as Ierusalem was of whome it was said This is my rest heare will I dwell becaus I haue chosin it And albeit that the papis of Rome whome he stylis the perpetuall successioun of that Kirk had as an assured plane probatioÌ„ that be god they wer called be God they wer admitted and that be God they suld be maÌ„teyned in their ministerie functioun as that the Leuites and successioun of Aaron had to ê“duce at all tymes for their defence yet if they we say who cal them selues the successouris of the Apostlis be not able to proue that they haue coÌ„stantlie remaned in the first league coÌ„uenaÌ„t which Christ Iesus maid with his Apostlis when he send them furth to preache the glaid tydingis of the Kingdome and to establishe his Throne not only amonges the Iewis bot also amonges the Gentiles according to ye former propheseis Albeit we say that all thir former thay wer abil to proue as thay ar neuer able to do yet haue they said nothing y â— may help their caus nor â—urt ouris onles that they thairwith planely proue y â— the Kirk of Rome and the successioun of the same hes remanit and yet remaneth in y e original puritie of the Apostlis in doctrine lyfe lawes ceremonies For thir being corrupted the tytill of successiouÌ„ will na mair help them then did the braging of the Preistis vnder the Law who cryit aganis the Propheit Ieremie the Temple of the Lord the TeÌ„ple of the Lord the Temple of the Lord. What was answered vnto them let ye â— Chap. of his Prophesie witnes But farther of the sâ—ccessioun and of the assurance thairof efter Now moÌ„ we sumthing speak of Faith Religioun and Catholick Kirk whairwith he wold terâ—fie your consciencâ— and deface the treutâ—â—nd then mon we answer to his blaspheamous tauÌ„tis and mockage befoir we haue confessit that to leue without faith without Religion without the societie of the Catholick Kirk bringis with it most certanely death and dampnation But yet we affirme yat all opinion that is coÌ„monly receaued vnder the Name of faith is not faith which God approuis bot trew faith moÌ„ haue for the ground and assurance thereof Godis expressed word of his mercy ê“mysed in Christ Iesus whereto the heart of y e faithful mon coÌ„sent so moued be y â— haly gaist And therefor we fear not to affirme that the Papistis hauing no better ground for thair faith then consent of men decreis of counsallis and antiquitie of tyme haue no faith bot a fonde yea a dampnable opinion And the same we affirme of ReligiouÌ„ whiche if it be pleasing acceptable vnto God must haue his a win coÌ„mandemeÌ„t and approbatiouÌ„ for a warrand other wise it can not be bot odious in his presence as a thing repugning to his expres commandement saying not that which appeariâ— good in thy a win eyis sall thow do to the Lord thy God bâ—t what the Lord thy God hes commanded the that do thow ade nothing to it diminishe nothing froÌ„ it Be this precept of that Eternall God who is immutable and that can coÌ„mand nothing but y â— which is iust or all people Realmes and Natiounis that will auow them selues to be the inheritance of the Lord bound and oblist to measure thair Religioun not be the exemple of other Realmes nether yet be their owen good intentioun or determinatiouÌ„ of men but only be the expressed word of God So that what therein is commanded aucht to be done and what is not commanded be him aucht in na wyse to be done be the people of God what apperance or externall shaw of holynes that euer it hes And thairfoir haue we most iustly reiected the Rable of ceremoneis which the Papistis held for the cheif exercise of thair Religioun as thingis hauing na better ground then the inuentioun and consent of men Now shortlie of the Kirk commounlie callit Catholick The name of the Kirk is commoun and is taken aswell for the coÌ„gregation of the wicked as for the assemblie of the godlie as it is plane be ye wordes of Dauid saying I haue hated y â— Kirk or the assemblie of the wicked the terme Catholick which signifyis vniuersall heâ— not included in it that vertew which Papistes alledge That is that whatsoeuer is catholick y â— must be gude For if so wer then sin in the originall world shuld haue bene gude for it was so Catholick that is vniuersal that it ouerflowed y â— hole earth only one hous excepted How vniuersall Idolatrie was amongis the Gentiles Historeis witnesse aud how braid the pestilent sect of Machomet is this day spred experience dois teich vs. And yet we suppone that no man of right iudgemeÌ„t will either approue the one or the other notwithstaÌ„nding of their vniuersalitie there fore we must haue a better assuraÌ„ce of y â— Kirk to the which we aucht to ioyne our selfis then that it is Catholick or vniuersall To wit it must be holy the coÌ„munioun of Sanctis For in the confessioun of our faith we say not I beleue the Kirk vniuersal bot I beleue the holy Kirk vniuersall the coÌ„munion of Sanctis Wherefoir we affirme that if that Kirk whiche is called Catholick or vniuersall haue not holynes in the heart be trew faith the Confessioun of the same in the mouth in the foirhead it ceissis to be y â— immaculate spous of Iesus Christ in whose bosoÌ„e the sonnes of God ar nurished to the lyfe euerlasting And so befoir that the wryter of the letter shal be able to conuict vs that we haue declyned from the holy Kirk he must first defyne what is the verray holynes of the Kirk wherein it consistis â–ª fra whome it flowis and what is the effect of the
of y â— multitude that past befoir him and if that the age of the Kirk gadderit within his hous shoulde haue bene called an aucht yeare auld Kirk when that Abraham had so long obeyed God while that all the world continewed in their Idolatrie We demand we say if their auld Idolatrie maid Abrahames Faith to be but a new found Faith and if their multitude vniuersalitie hauing for them antiquitie maid the Kirk that was in Abrahames hous to be a new found Kirk We suppoue that men of IudgemeÌ„t shal otherwise pronuÌ„ce and subscriue with vs that the Faith of Abraham had the same antiquitie that the word had which he beleued Now plane it is that the word which he beleued was the self same word which God pronuÌ„ced vnto the woman in the Gardine speaking aganis the Serpent saying I shall put inimitie betuix the and the woman betuix thy sead and hir sead that sead shal break doun thy head and thow shall break douÌ„ his heale This promise we say being especiallie maid to AbrahaÌ„ in these wordes In thy sead shall all the Natiounis of the earth be blissed was the grouÌ„d of his faith lyke as that it was the ground of the faith of Adam Abell Seth and of all the faithfull befoir him so that his faith was no new faith bot was that same faith whiche had continued amonges Godis elect from the beginning For trew â—aith may not be measured from the errour of men bot froÌ„ the word and promise which the faithfull beleue Is the word from the beginning and the promise vndouted then must the faith that thereupon is grouÌ„ded not onlie be trew but also of the same age and antiquitie that the worde is And therefore whensoeuer the Papistes and we shall cuÌ„ to reaken of the age of our faith we dout nothing but that there faith in mo principall pointis nor one or two shal be found verray young and but lately inuented in respect of that only trew faith which this day in the Kirks of Scotland is professed And the self same thing aâ—firme we of our Kirk of the Euangell preached within the same to wit that the Euangell which of Godis mercy is reuealed vnto vs is not forged be man but that it is the self same Euangel which Iesus Christ taught be his a win mouth and that his Apostlis at his coÌ„mandement published vnto the world And therefore we say that our Kirk is no new found Kirk as the wrytet blaspheamously rayleth but that it is a part of y â— holy Kirk vniuersall which is grounded vpon the doctrine of the Prophetes Apostlis hauing the same antiquitie that y â— Kirk of the Apostles hes as concerning doctrine prayers administratioun of Sacramentis and all other thinges requisitâ— to a particulare Kirk But yet will y â— wryter of the letter alledge y â— we beleue not as the moste part of men haue beleued a thousand yeares and moir For they beleued the Messe to be a Sacriâ—ice propiciatorie for the sinnes of thâ— quick and the dead The Pape to be the head of y â— Kirk and Christes vicare in the earth The materiall body of Christ Iesus flesche blood and bane to be in the Sacrament of the Alter after that the wordis of consecratioÌ„ wer pronunced be a Preast Super materia debita that the prayers of the leuing profite the departed and sic others as the Catholick faith of the Papistes haue concluded These Artickles will the wryter say we beleue not and therefoir how can it be denyed but that our Kirk is new fouÌ„d and the doctrine therof is new We haue answered and yet we answer agane That whatsoeuer Papistes haue beleued befoir vs whiche hath no better ground then y â— determinatioun of thair owâ—n counsall Can nether preiudge our faith grounded vpon Godis expressed worde nether yet can proue our Kirk to be but a new fouÌ„d Kirk For if ane commoun errour and a superstitious â—orshipping of God receaued of a multitude should haue y â— streÌ„gth that it should preuale against Godis simple treuth and against his worshipping prescriued in his word then had the Propheit Helias bene into a miserable condition Who being but one man opponed him self to the King to his counsall to his Prophetes Preastes and people and in plane wordes accused thame all of Apostasie from God from his trew worshipping and from the obedience of his Law and planely conuicted them to be Idolatoures becaus they had imbrased a worshipping of God not coÌ„teyned in his word It is a wonder that the King with his Preastes and Propheites excepted not against the Propheit and said how can y â— be Idolatrie which our Kings and people sence the dayis of IeroboaÌ„ haue vsed and manteyned for Gods trew seruice Thow art but one man and we ar a multitude how can it be that we all should erre and that thow alone should please God But no such thing find we obiected vnto the Propheit But his requeast being but one man was obeyed quhilk was that God him self should iudge betuix him and theÌ„ as that he did be fyre from the heauen This priuiledge craue we to be granted to vs of the Papistes in our days to wit that they suffer God to Iudge betuix our Religioun and theirs What he approueth let it be approuen of bothe and what be him is not commanded nor be the Apostles of Iesus Christ established and practised let it be of bothe reiected and so shall we suddanelie aggre But if that they will still cry that we ar Schismatykes and Apostates becaus we refuse to defyle our selues with their abhominationis We caÌ„ not but appeale from their corrupt sentence to the vncorrupt Iudge of whose fauoures we are assuredly perswaded in y â— point becaus he hath said follow not the multitude in euill doing and becaus that we find Kingis Propheites people befoir vs to haue done the self same thing in their days and therefore to haue bene approued of God whiche we in Godis feare haue done in our dayis To wit they haue distroyed the monumentis of Idolatrie haue repressed the same externally be power and force notwithstanding the antiquitie thereof that great multitude adheared vnto it And this muche for the multitude and that which the multitude moste commonly beleueth Now to the further ressounis of the wryter He first tauntis and mockis vs and our Kirk calling it your inuisible Kirk of Scotland Secundly he affirmeth that the Kirk whereof the Prophet speakes shal be manifest and visible through all y e world And for his profe alledges y â— secuÌ„d Chap. of the Prophet Isai. And last he coÌ„cludes in these wordes Wherefore if ye can not shaw in what place of y e world afoir thre huÌ„dreth yeare your Kirk was into It followeth of necessitie that it is no Kirk To these heades we must answer in ordour and first we will pray the wryter in his
so we procead to the conclusion of his letter ¶ TYREIS LETTER QVhairfoir Schir I exhort yow as I begouth to think on this mater as deiply as it becuÌ„mis a Christiane man and quhen ze haue swa done aduertise me of zour sentiment In the meane tyme I sall pray almichtie God be his grace to illuminat zour spreit to knaw in this mater yâ— richt way and to gif fortitude and strenth quhen ze haif knawin it to profes it sa far as salbe conuenient to zour estate and saluatioun hauing na farther occasioun of wryting committis zow to the protectiouÌ„ of Almichtie God Writtin at Paris the vj. of December be zour maist humbill Seruitour and brother IAMES TYRIE ¶ Gif ze pleis to answer ze may send zour wryting to the Baillie of Arroll quha will caus it to be send to me ANSWER AGainst this exhortation wil we obiect nothing For our ernest desyre is that men diligently considder what doctrine they imbrase what fundation and ground their faith hes and finally what way they follow thinking thereby to atteane to eternall felicitie For this careles securitie that vniuersally may be espyed in meÌ„ we dampne and euer haue dampned But this we feare not to affirme as before we haue written that the doctrine of the Papisticall Kirk now many yeares bypast hath bene altogether corrupt that their opinioÌ„ which they call their Catholick faith hes no sure ground within the word of God And that the way which they for y â— moste part haue followed was the verray way of perdition to all suche as without trew repentance departed this lyfe in y â— blindnes And much more shal be to all persons and estates that now shal manteane those abhominationes becaus the light is come and hes sufficiently declared the â—ormer darknes That man of sin is so manifestliâ— reueled that excuse of ignorance there resteth none But a fearefull iudgement abydes all such that yet farther will follow his dampnable wayes This Schir ye haue our iudgement which albeit ye shall receaue laitter then we wold yet the state of tyme being considdered we dout not but ye shall interprete all thinges to the best Vse our letter so we pray yow that it may come to the knowledge of the wryter to yow whose coÌ„uersion we no les seak then he appeares to seak youres And thus we hartly commit yow to the protection of the Omnipotent Of Edinburgh the 10. day of August Anno Do. 1568. TO THE FAITHFVLL REAEDR WHAT malice Inuy and heatrent of the treuth hes moued men to brust furth against me my behauour in Scotland Ingland and elles where I lytle regarde For a good coÌ„science susteanes me before my God against all y e odious lies that haue bene laide to my charge now many yeares past For the whiche I dout not but the blaspheamers shall answer onles repentance preuene Iudgement when the secreates of heartes shal be disclosed The caus that I adde this imperfyte letter to y e former discourse is That they whome Sathan hath not blinded by inuy may see and vnderstand what a troubled conscience craues into the day of battell Becaus that God now in his mercy hath put end to y e battell of my deare Mother Maistres Elizabeth Bowes before that hâ— put end to my wretched lyfe I could not cease but declare to the worlde what was the caus of our great familiaritie and long acquentance Whiche â—as nether fleshe nor bloode but a troubled conscieÌ„ce vpoÌ„ hir part which neuer suffered her to rest but when she was in the company of the faithful of whome fra the first hearing of the word at my mouth she iudged me to be one Now seing her battell is ended I am vpoÌ„ the point shortly to follow this I leaue to the posteritie for discharge of my conscience and to the instruction of her children That in Scotland Ingland France and Germanie I haue heard the complaintes of diuers that feared God but of the lyke conflict as she susteyned fra the tyme of her first acquentance and long before as her owen mouth ofter theÌ„ ones confessed to me til this hour I haue not knowen For her tentation was not in the fleshe nor for any thing that appertey ned to fleshe no not when she was in greatest desolation but it was in spirite For Sathan did continually buffette her y t remission of sinnes in Christ Iesus apperteyned nothing vnto her be reason of her former Idolatrie and other iniquities For the which notwithstanding any worldlie comfort I haue sene her not for a starte but in long coÌ„tinuance powre furth teares and send to God dolorous coÌ„plaints ofter then euer I heard man or woman in my lyfe Her company to me was coÌ„fortable yea honorable and profitable for she was to me and myne a Mother but yet it was not without some Croce For besydes trouble and fasherie of body susteyned for her my mynde was seldome quyet for doing somewhat for the coÌ„fort of her troubled conscience Whereof this rude letter is the least and of basest argument amongs many â—hich ly besyde me and so must do be reason of my inabilitie in mo sortes then one I hartly salute take my goodnight of all the faithfull in bothe the Realmes earnestly desyring y e assistance of their prayers that without any notable sclander to the Euangell of Iesus Christ I may end my battell For as the worlde is wearie of me so am I of it Of Sanctandrois the 12. of Iulij 1572. IOHNE KNOX ¶ Lord be mercyful to England Scotland for we stand bothe in a dangerous estate and that becaus we wold not obey thy holesome admonitionis whiche wer thyne how contemptable that euer the persones of thy Messingers wer Yet Lord remember mercy for thy treuthes saik Amen Amen And giue vs not to the opprobrie of thy enemies of whome the Castell of Edinburgh are the principales within this Realme Conuert them Lord or elles confound them that the worlde may oneâ— agane vnderstand that thow art a trew a righteous God Amen Amen Amen FOLLOWETH THE LETter as it past from my hand at Deip the 20. of Iulij 1554. TO HIS LOVING MOTER MAISTRES Elizabeth Bowes troubled in spirite whome God comfort for his great mercyes sake Amen PSALME 79. RYSE LORD STREACHE out thy hand forget not the sobbes of the oppressed RIGHT dearely beloued Mother in our Sauiour Iesus Christ now is our dolour appointed by God and forespokeÌ„ by his Prophetes come vpon vs as the dolour of a woman in the birth of her first Chylde and so is it come as with your eares bothe oppenly and priuately oftentymes yow haue hard declared When I remember your great infirmitie and the strong battel that continually ye feght calles to my mynd how small coÌ„fort yow haue in earth I am compelled to â—ob and grone to him that only may giue streÌ„gth comfort and consolation without help of any creature
rise agane in glorie howsoeuer it be that the wicked for a â—yme â—all trode me others thy seruandes vnder their feit Be mercyfull o Lord vnto the Kirk within this Realme continew with it the light of thy Euangell augment the nuÌ„ber of trew preicheris and let thy mercyfull prouydence luik vpon my desolate bedfellow the frute of hir bosome and my two deir Children Nathanael and Eleâ—zer Now Lord put end to my miserie At Edinburgh the 12. of Marche 1565. AN ANSWER TO A LETTER OF A IEsuit named Tyrie be Iohne Knox. OF leat dayis there came to our hands a Letter direct vnto yow right worshipfull from Iames Tyrie who styleth him self your huÌ„ble seruitour brother The beginning wherof shaweth the care that he beiriâ— of your saluatioun his cheritie that hes moued him so oft to wryte vnto yow and thairwith couertly he accuses yow y t he hes receaued no answerof his former and yet that the same cheritie moueth him stil to coÌ„tinew in his former sute In the progres of the said letter he planely furthshawis what is his scope purpois to wit to alien at your mynd froÌ„ the treuth of God now of Goddis greit mercy â—fter long darknes offered to this Realme The purpois as we suppone wherefore ye send y e same letter vnto vs is y â— we may giue solutioÌ„is to thay thingis that he obiectis aganis the treuth Which to do wer not verray hard prouydit that his dytement wer sensible and his argumentis formall and propir to that which he wald perswade But becaus in wryting he appeareth to vs rather scabrushly to haue translatit that which he wrytis furth of latine or of sum other forane toung theÌ„ frely to haif expressit his a win mynd And becaus that his argumeÌ„tis ar not onlie impertinent but also sa generall that in na wyse they conclude that which hâ— wold proue Our answeres must excâ—id y â— measure of a missiue yet we sall auoidâ— sa far as we can all vnprofitabil prolixitie But leist that any suld thinke that we depraue either his dytement or argumeÌ„tis we shal insert his hole letter from parcel to parcell and giue answer to sic headis as either ar blaspheamous aganis y e treuth of God or yet may be offeÌ„siue to y â— waâ—k conscience of men In other thingis 〈◊〉 â—all not be curious his letter thus beginis ¶ TYREIS LETTER SCHIR efter hartly coÌ„mendatioun of seruice and prayeris That I haue writtin sa oft afoir we keip his a win wordis and ortographie It come of my cheritie that I aucht to zow for sindrie ressounis and of the solicitude that cheritiâ— causit me to haue of the eternal saluatioâ—Ì„ of zour saule desyraÌ„d be zour answer to haue knawin zour mynd in that behalf quhilk sen I haue not obtenit as zit I haâ—e thocht haifand opportunitie of yis beirer to wryte this wryting amangis the rest and to exhort zow thairby that ze wald ernistly as it becuÌ„mis ane man to quhome God hes geuin sa mony giftis talentis and rypely considder be quhat way ze mon cuÌ„ to that end to the quhilk God hes creatit and redemit zow ¶ ANSWER TO this long preface we only answer this that if the Scribes and Pharesies who coÌ„passed sea land to mak a proselyt gat a curse be y e mouth of our maister Iesus Christ notwithstanding all their appeirand zeale and panefull trauell who caÌ„ dout bot that sic as studie to draw back agane to superstitioun and Idolatrie sic as God hes called froÌ„ the same shall receaue â— dowble maledâ—ctioun vnder what pretence that euer they do it For if thay who broght Ethnickis and manifest Idolatouris to sum Religioun wer accursed How muche moir ar they detestable that trauell to bring men froÌ„ a trew ReligiouÌ„ to the deapest Idolatrie that euer yet was vpon the face of the earth Which long hes bene manteyned in y e papistical Kirk wherto we persaue the wryter of the letter wold entyse yow as his subsequeÌ„t perswasionis manifestly declaireth For thus he wryteth TYRIES LETTER QVhilk appeiris to me to be the only Faith and Religioun keipit in the Catholick Kirk of Christ sen the beginning thairof Quhilk appeiris cleirly be the maist plane wordis of the Propheit Isai quhair he speikis of ye Kirk Gens regnum quod non seruierit tibi peribit Quhilk words gif ony wald apply to yair new found Kirkis specially to zour inuisibil Kirk of ScotlaÌ„d bot zit aucht zeir auld he is coÌ„uictit For it is manifest yat befoir a thousand zeiris in all the warld was yair pepill yat trow it as yai do quha defendis the contrarie quhilk na maÌ„ bot he that wald schaw his impudence his ignorance togidder dar deny and of the Kirk quhairof the Propheit speikis It is said be him in the secund Cha. that it sal be manifest visibil throw all ye warld Quhairfoir gif ze can not schaw quhat place of the warld afoir thre hundreth zeir zour Kirk was into it follow is of necesâ—itie that it is na Kirk c. Thus far of his letter ANSWER THE first part of his counsall we approue and adde thereto that the lyfe Euerlasting consistes in the knawledge of the onlie trew God and in y â— knowledge of him whome he hes send Iesus Christ. That he that beleuis in the Sone of God hes lyfe euerlâ—sting and is alreddy past froÌ„ deith to lyfe bot he that beleuis not sall not le lyfe but the wraith of God abydes vpon him We further affirme y â— without the societie and bosome of the trew Kirk neuer was is nor salbe saluatioun vnto man In thir and lyke generall heidis we disagre not froÌ„ the Papistis but the difference and dout standis in y â— speciallis to wit what Faith is and what grouÌ„d it hes what is religioun wherein iâ— differis from superstitioun and from Idolâ—trie And finallie what is the trew Kirk â–ª and how it may be decerned from y â— Sinagoge of Sathan Thir heades we say ought he in special to haue intreted vnto yow if he had bene mynded to haue instructed yow in a treuth But becaus as y â— progres of his letters declareth his mynd was to draw yow to the bondage of that Romane Antechrist he takis generall propositionis moste trew moste certane in them selues whereupon he wold coÌ„clude that which is most fals altogether pernitius to the saluatioun of man To let the craft of Sathan moir euidently appear wâ— shall draw his perswasioun in forme of argument and after returne to the farther meaning of the Propheit and to the declaratioun of thir termis Faith Religioun and Catholick Kirk The Propheit affirmes that whosoeuer sall not serue Ierusalem shall perishe But the promeis maid to Ierusalem appertenis vnto the Kirk Ergo whosoeuer seruis
Imperfection shal haue no power to dampne yow for Christes peâ—fection is reputed to be youres by Faith which ye haue in his bloode Be assured Mother I willingly wolde not deceaue yow if any such infirmitie wer daÌ„pnable long ago I wold haue shawed yow the treuth But no more then God is displeaâ—â—d albeit sometymes the body be seak and subiect to diseases no more is he offended albeit the saule in y t case be disâ—ased seak And as the naturall Father will not kyll the body of the chyld albeit through seaknes it faint and abhorre comfortable meates no more and muche les will our heauenly Father kyll our saules albeit through spiritual infirmitie weaknes of our Faith sometymes we refuse the liuely foode of his comfortable promises Where contempt of God is by his grace remoued and a loue of Iustice and of the lyfe to come ingrafted in the heart there is the infallible seal and testimonie of the holy Ghost who shall performe his owen work in dew seasoÌ„ For the power of God is knowen in our infirmitie and thus coÌ„mit I yow to the protectioÌ„ of him who by grace hes called yow froÌ„ darknes to light by Faith hes purged your conscience and heart and of his fre mercy shall glorifie yow according to his promise made vnto those that obedieÌ„tlie receaue the Message of lyfe in Christ Iesus our Lord. Whose omnipotent spirite rest with yow for euer and euer At Deip the 20. of Iulij 1554. After that I had visited Geneua other parts and returned to Deip to learne the estate of England Postscript My owen estate can I not well declare but God shall guyde the footesteppes of him that is wilsome and shall fead him in trouble that neuer greatly sollisted for the worlde If any collection might be made amonges the faithfull it wer no shame to me to receaue that which Paule refused not in his trouble But all I remit to his prouydence that careth for his owen Rest yet in Christ. Youres Sone with troubled heart IOHNE KNOX Math. 23. Ioan. â—â— â–ª Ioan. â— The hâ—idiâ— of differeÌ„câ—â— betuix the trew worschipperis of God and the Papistis Maior Minor CoÌ„clusi why the Papâ— Papistes haâ—e the Kirk of Scotland what Papâ—stes must proue beâ—oiâ— they be able to conuict vs or any other Natioun of apostasie 〈◊〉 the Kirk 〈◊〉 Faith 〈…〉 what grouÌ„d â—aith hâ—th The warraÌ„d of religiouâ—â— Deu. 4. â—â— Notâ— Psal. 2â— Answer Papistâ—â— Notâ— answer dirâ—â—â—lie Tyries reasone Answer Gâ—n â—2 Gen. 3. Isai. â— Question of the last dayâ— â–ª Nota. Hob. 1. Act. ◠〈…〉 Nota. Math. â—â— Math. 28. Nota. Answer Answer Math. 11. Io. 6. Ephâ—s 2. Nota. Direct answer Answer to Tyrâ—iâ— vnrâ—asonable 〈◊〉 Not◠〈…〉 Gal. â— Aâ—â— 15. Nota. Tyries impudeÌ„cie Ephes. 2. Nota. The effect of Tyries letter His affirmationis Answer to his affirmationes Nota. Apocal. â—â— Isai. 49. Note diligently Psalm 74. Nota. Reioyse papistes hearâ— are Messes but marke that they are solde Auenti lib. 4. foli 428. Lâ—t the Papistes confute this o◠〈◊〉 absolâ—e vs. Nota. This day yeâ— Aâ—en lâ—b 7. Let the worlde iudge The 〈◊〉 part of Iohn Knox preaching in the last dayes of King Edâ—ard was of trouble approching I praise 〈◊〉 God he hes shawen hiâ— merâ—y on her me in dispyâ—e of SathaÌ„ if my battâ—ll 〈◊〉 at an end 〈…〉 is 〈…〉 〈…〉 Nota. 〈…〉 Galath 5. I had maid â— faithful promise befoâ—â— witnes 〈◊〉 Mariorie â–ª Bowes 〈◊〉 doughter so as she â—uk me for sone I hartly imbrased hâ—r aâ— my mother 〈…〉 Let treuth this day speak of 〈◊〉 one or 〈◊〉 within 〈◊〉 Realme Iohne Knox requeast â—o his mother in his exylâ— I praise his mercy who suffâ—rred me not to be deceaued ApprobatioÌ„ of sin excuses not before God 〈◊〉 1â— Nota. Nota. The feare of that godlie woman Nota. Note the similitude Nota. 1. Cor. 12. 〈◊〉 3.