A04917:101
A godly letter sent too the faithful in London, Newcastle, Berwick, and to all…A godly letter sent too the fayethfull in London, Newcastell, Barwyke, and to all…
A godly letter sent too the faithful in London, Newcastle, Berwick, and to all other within the realm off England, that love the co[m]minge of our Lord Jesus by John KnoxA godly letter sent too the fayethfull in London, Newcastell, Barwyke, and to all other within the realme off Englande, that loue the co[m]minge of oure Lorde Iesus by Ihon Knox
Rome: printed by J. Lambrecht? for H. Singleton, 1554
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
¶When we be not heard.
¶When we be not hearde.
For who honoureth not the Son / honoureth not the father / for as the law is a statute / that we shall call unto God / and as the promise is made that he shall hear us / so are we commanded only to call by Jesus Christ / 1by whom alone our petitions we obtain / for in him alone are all the promises of God confirmed & complete / whereof without all controversies / it is plain that such as have called or calleth presently unto God / by any other mean / than by Jesus Christ alone / doth nothing regard God's will / but obstinately prevaricate / & do against his commandments / & therefore neither obtain they their petition / nor yet have entries in his mercy. For no man cometh to the father (saith Jesus Christ / but by me he is the right way / who declineth from him erreth and goeth wrong / he is our leader / whom without we follow / we shall walk in darkness / & he alone is our captain / without whom neither praise nor victory we shall obtain against such as depend upon the intercession of saints / no otherwise will I contend / but shortly touch the properties of a perfect mediator.
FOr who honoreth not the sonne / honorith not the father / for as the lawe is a statute / that we shall call vnto God / and as the promise is made that he shal heare vs / so are we cōmaunded only to cal by Iesus Christ / 1by whome alone our peticions we obtayne / for in hym allone are al the promises of God confirmed & cōpleant / wherof without all contreuerses / it is playne that suche as haue caullid or calleth presentlye vnto God / by anye other meane / thē by Iesus Crist allone / doth nothing regarde Godes wil / but obstinatly preuaricat / & do agaynst his cōmaundementes / & therfore neither obtaī thei their peticiō / nor yet haue entres in his mercy. For no mā cōmeth to the father (sayith Iesus Christ / but by me he is the right way / who declineth frō him errith and goyth wronge / he is oure leder / whome without we folowe / we shal walke in darknes / & he alone is our captain / without whome neither praise nor victory we shal obtayne agaynst such as depend vpon the intercession of sayntes / no otherwyse wil I cōtend / but shortly touche the propertis of a perfyt mediatour.