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An answer to a letter of a Iesuit named Tyrie, be Iohne Knox; Answer to a letter of a Jesuit named Tyrie.
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Knox, John, ca. 1514-1572.
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1572
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STC 15062; ESTC S106716
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AN ANSWER TO A LETTER OF A IESVIT NAmed Tyrie be Iohne Knox. ¶ PROV XXVI Answer not a foole according to his foolishenes least thow be lyke him answer a foole according to his foolishnes least he be wise in his oweÌ„ coÌ„seat THE contrarietie appearing at the first sight betuix thir twa senteÌ„cis stay it for a tyme baith heart to meditate hand to wryte any thing coÌ„trair that blaspheamous letter But when with better mynd God gaue me to considder that whosoeuer opponis not him self bouldly to blasphemy manifest leiâ— differis lytill fra tratouris cloking fostering so far as in them ly the treasoun of tratours dampnable impietie of those against whome Gods iust evengance mon burne without end vnles spedie repentaÌ„ce follow To quyet therefore my owne conscience I put hand to the pen as followeth IMPRENTIT AT SANCTANdrois be Robert Lekpreuik Anno. Do. 1572. IOHNE KNOX The seruand of Iesus Christ now wearie of the world and daylie luiking for the resolution of this my earthly Tabernakle to the faithfull that God of his mercy sall appoint to feght after me desyris grace mercy and peace from God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ with the spirite of sanctificatioun to resist all kynd of impietie in thir last and moste wicked dayis wherein Sathan rages knowing that he hes a short tyme to trouble Goddis peple WONDER not gentill Reidar that sic ane argumeÌ„t suld proceed fra me in thir dolorous days after that I haue taken gudenight at y e world and at all y e fasherie of the same except to lament for my awin sinnis and for the sinnis of vtheris Of whome allace I feir mony can not lament for them selues becaus they haue sauld theÌ„ selues to wirk impietie with all gredynes without sens fealing of any dolour that proceadeth froÌ„ God Yet Lord thow knowes thy owen thow drawes froÌ„ iniquitie all that vnfeinedly incall thy name There ar seuin yeares past sen a scrole send froÌ„ a Iesuite to his brother was presented vnto me be a â—aithfull brother requyring sum answer to be maid to the same whais iust petitioun I willing to obey I pat my haÌ„d to the pen alâ—hogh I â—and small tyme of quyetnes for it was immediatly â—fter that I was called back fâ—om exyle be the Kirk of Edinburgh after Dauids Iudgement Amongs my other caires I 〈◊〉 that which follow is that in few day is which being finished I â—epented of my laubour and purposed fullie to haue suppressed it Which naâ— dout I had done if that the Deuil had not steirit vp the Iesuites â–ª of Paris to â—â—ouble godlie harts with the same argâ—mentis which Tyâ—ie vsis amplifyed and set 〈◊〉 with all the dog eloquence that Sathan can deuyse for suppressing of the fre progres of the Euangell of Iesus Christ and for the cuiring of the wouÌ„dit â—ead of y e beist thaâ— Romane Antichrist who shall to distruction in despyte of all those that studie either to erect or yet to manteane him and his dampnable abusis Which God hes discloâ—â—t to sic as the Deuill hes not blinded so that they can not discerne betuix darknes and light The ordour that is keped in an swering of his proud arrogancie presumpteous foolishenes the entres of the treatise will declare I haue added vnto this prefâ—ce a meditatioun or prâ—yer thrawin furth of my sorrowful heart pro 〈◊〉 be my half dead toung befoir I was coÌ„pelled to leaue my flocke of Edinburgh who now dispersed suffering lytill les calamitie then did the faithfull efter the persecuâ—ioun of Steaphen Lord comfort and strenthen thame to the end that anes we may meit in glorie For all worldly 〈◊〉 is bot vane and an occasioun of new dolour Call for me deir brethren that God in his mercy will pleis to put end to my long and panefull battell For now being vnabill to feght â–ª as God 〈◊〉 gaue strenth I thrust an end befoir I bâ— moir troubilsum to the Faithfull And yet Lord let my desyre be moderat be thy holy spirit and giuâ— me patience to beir whatsoeuer it pleisis thy godlie Maiestie to lay vpon this my wicked Carkaso THE PRAYER ¶ Lord Iesus receaue my spirite and put an end at thy gude pleasure to this my miserable lyfe for Iustiâ—e and treuth ar not to be found amoâ—ges the sonnes of men Iohne Knox with deliberat mynd to his God BE mercyfull vnto me ô Lord and call not into Iudgement my manyfold finnis and cheiflie those whereof the warld is not able to accuse me In youth â—â—yd age now after many battelles I find nothing into me bot vanitie and corruption For in quyetnes I am negligent in trouble impatient tending to disperation and in the meane state I am so caryed away with vane fantaseis y â— allace o Lord they withdraw me from the presence of thy Maiestie Pryde and ambitioun assault me on the ane part couetousâ—es and malice trouble me on the oâ—her breifly o Lord the affâ—ctionis of the fleshe do almoste suppres the operatioun of thy spirâ—te I tak the o Lord who only knowes the secreitis of hearts to record that in nane of y e foirsaid I do delyte bot that with them I am troubled and that foir aganis the desyre of my in ward man which sobbis for my corruptioun and wold repose in thy mercy alone To the which I clame and that in the promise that thow hes maid to all penitent sinneris of whose number I profes my self to be one in the obedience and death of my only Sauiour our Lord Iesus Christ. In whome be thy meare grace I dout not my self to be electit to eternall saluatioun whereof thow hes geuin vnto me vnto me o Lord most wretched and vnthanâ—full creature most assured signes For being drowned in ignoraÌ„ce thow hes geuin to me knawledge aboue the coÌ„moun sort of my brethren my toung hes thow vsit to set furth thy glorie to oppoung Idolatrie errouris and fals doctrine Thow hes coÌ„pelled me to foirspeak asweil delyuerance to y â— afflicted as distructioun to certane inobedient the performance whereof not I alone bot the verray blind world hes alreddy sâ—ne But aboue all o Lord thow be the power of thy holy spirite hes sealed into my heart remissioÌ„ of my sinnes which I acknawledge and coÌ„fes my self to haue receaued be the precious bloode of Iesus Christ ones shed Be whose perfyte obedience I am assured my manyfould rebellionis ar defaced my greuous sinnes purged and my â—aule maid the tabernackle of thy godlie maiestie Thow o father of mercyes thy Sone our Lord Iesus my only Sauiour Mediator and Aduocate and thy holy spirite remaning in y â— same be trâ—w faith which is the only victorie that ouercuÌ„meth the world To the thereâ—oir o Lord I coÌ„mend my spirite For I thrist to be resolued froÌ„ this body of sin am assured that I â—all
vnto yow in these moste dolorous dayes And good hope I haue that my petition shall not be repelled but for Christ Iesus sake accepted and graunted albeit not in suche sort as yow and I most gladely wold yet I dout not but in suche sort we shall obteane it as his glorie and our Euerlasting comfort and proffeit requyreth It hes not bene without the most speciall prouyde nâ—e and fauoures of God that these many dayes by past yow haue bene greuously tâ—â—pted and sore assaulted to reuolt turne back agane to that abhominable and blaspheamous Idolatrie which now in Gâ—odes anger is erected before the vttermâ—st of his plaigues be pow red furth vpon tâ—e stubburne and inobedieÌ„t which neuer wold delyte in y â— treuth of his word And therfor of his iust iudgmentes most iustly hes he giuen theÌ„ ouer according to there heartes desyre to delyte in lies to their eternall coÌ„dempnatioÌ„ In the dayes I say dearely beloued Mother that no apperance there was y â— euer such abhominationes should haue taken place so suddanely within this Realme of England yow wer tempted and assaulted to turne back agane to Idolatrie whichâ— tempting spirite God our heaueÌ„ly Father permitted to trouble yow partly for that he wold haue yow exercised in the battel before the great danger approched least perchance that ye might haue bene ouerthrowen if inprouydedly bothe occasion and temptation at ones had assaulted yow and partly that by continuall â—epugnance ye might learne how odious is all kynd of Idolatrie in y â— sight of God For Sathan vseth seldome to tempt but in those thingis where with he knoweth god moste to be offended as pryde lust couetousnes adâ—lterie idolatrie such others the committers whereof and continuers in the same pronunces Paule to haue no portion in the Kingdome of God This is my hope beloued Mother That in zour continuall battell so far ye haue profited that in this case almost ye nead no admonition of me But becaus it is my bounden dewtie not only by a common Christiane cheritie but also for that moste vnfeaned familiaritie and tender loue according to godlynes that we haue kept sence our first acquentance to do the vttermoste of my power for your coÌ„fort By pen therefore will I wryte becaus the bodyes be now put a sunder to mete agane at Godes plesure that which by mouth and face to face ye haue often hard If man or Angell shâ—ll lâ—ubour to bring yow back from the professioÌ„ that ones ye haue giuen let theÌ„ in that behalf be accursed and in no part coÌ„cerning your faith religion obeyed of yow if any trouble yow aboue measure whether they be Magistrates or câ—rnall freindes they shall beare their iust condempnation onles they suddanly repent But whosoeuer it be that shal prouoke or solist yow to that abhominable Idol resist yow all such boldely to the end learning of the holy Gost not to defyle the TeÌ„ple of God with Idolles nether yet to giue your bodylie presence vnto them but obeying God more then maÌ„ auoide all apperance of iniquitie The nâ—cessitie that all man hath so to do that willingly will not deceaue him self I remit partly to y â— which oft yow haue hard and partly to a generall letter by me written in great anguissie of heart to the Congregationis of whome I hear say a great part vnder pretense that they may kepe faith secrete in the heart and yet do as Idolaters do be ginneth now to fall before that Idoll But ô allace blinded and deceaued are they as they shall knowe in the Lordes sharpe visitation which so assuredly as our god liueth shall shoâ—tly apprehend those back starters amongis the myddes of Idolaters With the verray greaf of heart I wryte Better it had bene vnto theÌ„ neuer to haue knowen the treuth theÌ„ so suddanely with Godes great dishonour to haue returned to their vomet God of his infinite mercy grant vnto them suddane repentance for if the sin sleap long I feare it shall a walke to their perpetuall confusion But now deare Mother coÌ„fort yow my heart God grant ye may in this my great afflictioun and dolorous pilgramage CoÌ„tinew stoutly to the end and bow yow neuer before that Idoll and so will the rest of worldlie troubles to me be more tollerable With my owen heart I oft common yea and as it wer comforting my self I appeare to triumph that God shall neuer suffer yow to fall in that rebuke Sure I am that bothe yow wolde feare and eshame to commit that abhomination in my presence who am but a wretched man subiect to sâ—n and miserie lyke to your self But ô dear mother though no earthlie creature should be offended with yow yet fere yow the presence and offence of him who present in all place searches the verray heart and raynes whose indignation ones kendilled against the inobedient and no sin more inflaÌ„meth his wraith then Idolatrie doth no creature in heauen nor yet in earth y â— only is creature is able to appease the same And therefore deare mother auoide and fle from it euen as from the death Euerlasting Verray loue and carefull sollicitude whiche God knoweth my heart taketh for yow compelleth me so oftentymes to dowble and rehearse one thing being vncertane when God shall graunt any opportunitie to visite yow agane But the spirite of the Lord Iesus shall by his owen omnipoteÌ„t yet inuinsible power supplie in yow that w t lacketh of worldly comfort that the glorie may be knowen to be Godes alone who for a tyme vseth to comfort susteane fead one creature by another but in the end he draweth vs his owen Image vnto him self that by him alone without the help of all other we may liue reioyce regne triumph as he hes promysed by Iesus Christ his sone One thing will I not conceale from yow deare Mother That nether are we sure nether yet in our heartes can we glorifiâ— God as our dewtie requyreth so long as that we haue the carnall coÌ„fort defence of creatures with vs. The hole man in body and saule shall euidentlie proue this coclusioun For that body that liueth by meat drink sleap clothing nurishemeÌ„t we se it subiect to infirmitie yea to mutabilitie and sin as the finall death of all maÌ„ declareth and the saule euen of Goddes verray elect liuing by the liuely worde of the heuinly father hauing a teacher that caries fleshe is alwayes flowing and troubled with some feare as in Christes Apostles and many others most manifestly we ar instructed But when all earthly creature ceases then shall the sufficiencie of Godes spirite wirk his owen work And therefore beloued Mother feare not the battell that ye susteane nether yet the infirmitie that ye find either in fleshe or spirite only absteane from external iniquitie That yow make not your members seruandes to sin and your