A04917:124
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.
¶Flesh striveth against the spirit.
¶Flesh striueth agaynste the sprete.
1Sometime prolongeth the deliverance of his chosen / and sometime permitteth them to drink / before the maturity of age / the bitter cup of corporal death / that thereby they may receive medicine and care from all infirmity / but who doubteth / but John the Baptizer / desired to have seen more days of Jesus Christ / and to have been longer with him in conversation.2 Or that Steven would not have laboured more days in preaching Christs gospel / whom nevertheless / both he suffered hastily to underlie the statute and general sentence. And albeit / we see therefore no apparent / help to our self / nor yet to others afflicted / let us not cease to call / thinking our prayers to be in vain / whatsoever become of our bodies.3 God shall give unspeakable comfort too the spirit / and shall turn all to our commodity / by our own expectation. The cause I am so long and tedious in this matter is / I know how hard the battle is betwixt the flesh & the spirit.
1Sometyme prolongeth the deliueraūce of hys chosen / and sometime permitteth them to drinke / before the maturite of age / the bitter cuppe of corporal death / that therby they may receyue medicine and care from all infirmite / but who doubtith / but Ihon the Baptiser / desired to haue sene more dayes of Iesus Christ / and to haue bene longer with hym in conuersacion.