A04924:14
The copy of a letter, sent to the lady Mary dowager, Regent of Scotland,…The copie of a letter, sent to the ladye Mary dowagire, Regent of Scotland,…
The copy of a letter, sent to the lady Mary dowager, Regent of Scotland, by John Knox in the year. 1556. Here is also a notable sermon, made by the said John Knox, wherein is evidently proved that the mass is and always hath ben abominable before God and idolatryThe copie of a letter, sent to the ladye Mary dowagire, Regent of Scotland, by Iohn Knox in the yeare. 1556. Here is also a notable sermon, made by the sayde Iohn Knox, wherin is euydentlye proued that the masse is and alwayes hath ben abhominable before God and idolatrye
printed by H. Singleton?, 1556
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But if your grace shall consider1 the danger and damnation perpetual, which inevitably hangeth upon all maintainers of a false religion: Then shall the greatest danger easily devour & swallow up the smaller. If your grace2 shall consider, that either ye must serve God to life everlasting, or else serve the world to death and […]: Then albeit man and a••gel […] dissuade you, ye will […] life and refuse death. And […] further ye shall consider, th• the very life consisteth in the knowledge of the only true God and of his son Christ Jesus: And that true knowledge3 hath ••••red with it God's true […] and honour, which requireth a testimony of his own will, expressed by his word that •• he honour doeth please him.
But if your grace shal consider1 the daunger and damnation perpetuall, which ineurtably hāgeth vpon all mainteyners of a fals religion: Then shall the greatest daunger easely deuoure & swallow vp the smaller. If your grace2 shall consiver, that either ye must serue God to lyfe euerlasting, or els serue the worlde to death and 〈…〉: Then albeit man and a••gel 〈…〉 diss•ade you, ye will 〈…〉 lyfe and refuse death. And 〈…〉 further ye shall consider, th• the very lyfe cōsiste•h in the knowledge of the onelye trewe God and of his sonne Christ Iesus: And that trewe knowledge