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A04922
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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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nixt answer to signifie vnto vs why he calleth the Kirk of Scotland inuisible seing that the ground and the persones inhabitant within the same ar subiect to the senses of all those that list to looke vpone them yea the doctrine taught vnto vs is so patent that the verray enemies them selues ar not forbidden to heare and to iudge of it And finally the administratioÌ„ of the Sacramentes within our Kirkis are so pâ—blict that none iustly can coÌ„pleane that they ar either debarred from hearing or from sight And therefore howsoeuer it pleaseth the wryter to delite him self in his owen vanitie we feare not to affirme That the Kirk of god within ScotlaÌ„d this day is as visible as euer it was in IerusaleÌ„ â–ª after that Christ Iesus ascended to y â— heauenes or as that it was visible in Samarea after that it receaued â—he Euangell Yea we will further affirme that y â— trew Kirk of Iesus Christ is as visible yea as beutifull in all her proper ornamentes this day within the Realme of Scotland as euer she was in Corinthus Galacia Philippi yea or yet in Rome it self what tyme that any of the Apostles rewled them or that when they wer saluted be the Apostle in his Epistles for Kirkis And this for the first head The answer to the secund can not be so short for his assertioÌ„ aggreis so lytle with the place of the Propheit that we stand greatly in dout whether that euer y â— wryter hes trauelled to vnderstand the mynd of the Prophet His assertion is this Of the Kirk whereof the Propheit speaketh It is said be him in the secund Chap. that it shal be manifest and visible through all the world The wordes of the Propheit are these It shal be in the last dayes that the moÌ„tane of the hous of the Lord shal be prepared in the tope of the montanes shal be exalted aboue the hilles and all Nationes shall flow vnto it And many people shal go and say CuÌ„ let vs go vp vnto the montane of the Lord to the hous of the God of Iacob and he will teache vs his wayes and we will walk in his pathes For the Law shall go furth of Syon and the word of the Lord from Ierusalem and he shall iudge among the Nationes and rebuke many people c. In these wordes of the Prophet we find no such thing as the Kirk shal be manifest and visible through all the worlde We acknawledge a promise of glade thinges to cum to be ioyned to Ierusalem vnto Mont Syon after the miserable distructioÌ„ of the same We find the time appointed to wit the last dayes But that the promise may be the better tryed We must know of the wryter when these last dayis begaÌ„ and wheÌ„ they shal be compleit We must further know if there be any one certane place appointed in the which it is said y â— the Kirk of God shal be visible and manifest in all ages These two heades being considdered it shal be moir easie to iudgâ— of the assertioun of the wryter and how it aggreis with the mynd of the Prophet And first we think that the wryter will not deny but the last dayes whereof the Prophet speakes began long befoir y â— euer the Euangell of Iesus Christ was knowen or publictlie receaued in Rome To wit at the appearing of Iesus Christ in the fleshe when that he reuealed vnto the worlde the hole will of his Father For so are we taught be the Apostle saying god in auld tymes spake vnto our Fatheres in diuers maners be the Prophetes In y â— last dayis he hath spokeÌ„ to vs be his sone c. Aâ—d the Apostle Peter in that his moste notable Sermone made to Ierusalem the day of pentecost affirmes That the Prophâ—sie of Ioell made as concerning the powring furth of Godes graces vpon all fleshe in the last dayes was euen then coÌ„pleit when that the holy spreit discended doun vpon those that beleued So theÌ„ we haue gotten the last dayes to haue begun with Iesus Christ who is the glorie of the secund Temple when think we that they ended If the wryter will say wheÌ„ Rome receaued the Euangel then was the accoÌ„plishment of the last dayes As men iustly may dout thereof so will y â— Apostle planelie deny saying The spreit speaketh euidentlie that in the last tymes some shall depart from the faith c. Whereof we may gather that the Apostle appointetâ— the lâ—st tyme â–ª to contineâ— longer then y â— the EuaÌ„gell was 〈◊〉 pâ—blictly preached To wit till that men should begin to fall from the faith and giue eares to the doctrine of 〈◊〉 Yea if ye will searche tâ—e Scriptures we shâ—ll 〈◊〉 thâ—t the last dâ—ves coÌ„tineâ— from the 〈◊〉 appeâ—ring of Iesâ—s Christ in fleshe vnto â—is lâ—st returning vnto Iâ—dge 〈…〉 So y â— the 〈◊〉 dayes do not onely include the first 〈◊〉 of the Euangell but also the defectioun from it yea and the restitution of it agane vnto the world be the brightnes wherof that man of sin should be reuealed distroyed Whereof we conclude that if y â— last dayes do yet continew whereof the Prophet maketh mention the thinges ê“mysed to be performed in them are not yet altogether compleit but are in their progres and shall so procead till that all be finished that is foirspoken be the holie Prophetes and Apostles of Iesus Christ. And so may Iesus Christ this day be working in Scotland albeit that Papistes rage against his Euangell as in those dayes he wroght in Ierusalem when the Preastes the hole visible Kirk for y â— moste part raged against the same But now to the secund head We wold knowe if the wryter can appoint vnto vs any one certane place wher this holy montane of God is promysed to remane manifestly and visible For this we mak knowen to the hole world That for the lufe we beare to the buylding and reparing of Goddes holy hous we haue endangered life and all thinges temporal And therefore if the wryter can appoint vnto vs a certane place whereunto God hes maid promise we shall euerie one exhort an other with all diligence to go vp thereunto But if he caÌ„ appoint none hauing greater assâ—rance be Godes mouth moir then an other Then will we cheritabillie desyre him to desist from taunting mockage of so notable workes of god as he of late yeares hes shawen in mo Realmes then one Our Maister Christ Iesus apointes vs to no one certane place wher that we shal be assured of his presence but rather forbidding the obseruatioun of all places he sendes vs to his owen spirituall presence saying wheresoeuer two or thre are gathered in my name There am I in the middest of theÌ„ And in an other place Behold I am with yow to the end of the world We being grounded vpon these promyses haue good hope through Iesus Christ