An answer to a letter of a Jesuit named Tyrie, be John KnoxAn answer to a letter of a Iesuit named Tyrie, be Iohne Knox

In these words of the Prophet we find no such thing as the Kirk shall be manifest and visible through all the world, We ⟨image 19⟩acknowledge a promise of glade things to cum to be joined to Jerusalem, & unto Mont Zion, after the miserable destruction of the same. We find the time appointed, to wit, the last days. But that the promise may be the better tried, We must know of the writer, when these last days began, and when they shall be complete. We must further know if there be any one certain place appointed,¹ in the which it is said, y• the Kirk of God shall be visible and manifest in all ages. These two heads being considered, it shall be more easy to judg• of the assertion of the writer, and how it agrees with the mind of the Prophet.

In these wordes of the Prophet we find no such thing as the Kirk shalbe manifest and visible through all the worlde, We ⟨image 19⟩acknawledge a promise of glade thinges to cum to be ioyned to Ierusalem, & vnto Mont Syon, after the miserable distructiō 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 begā, and whē they shalbe compleit. We must further know if there be any one certane place appointed,¹ in the which it is said, y• the Kirk of God shalbe visible and manifest in all ages. These two heades being considdered, it shalbe moir easie to iudg• of the assertioun of the wryter, and how it aggreis with the mynd of the Prophet.

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