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A faithful admonition madeA faythfull admonition made
A faithful admonition made by John Knox, unto the professors of Gods truth in England whereby thou mayest learn how God will have his Church exercised with troubles, and how he defendeth it in the same.A faythfull admonition made by Iohn̄ Knox, vnto the professours of Gods truthe in England whereby thou mayest learne howe God wyll haue his Churche exercised with troubles, and how he defendeth it in the same.
printed by Egidius van der Erve, 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.
Grace mercy and peace from God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ / with the perpetual comfort of the holy Ghost, be with you for ever and ever. So be it.
Grace mercy and peace frō God the Father of oure Lorde Iesus Christ / with the perpetual cōforte of the holy Ghost, be with you for euer and euer. So be it.
Having no less desire to comfort such as now be in trouble within the realm of England, (and specially you for many cause• most dear to me) then hath the natural father to ease the grief & pain of his dearest child, I have conside red with my self, what argument or parcel of God's Scriptures, was most convenient and mete to be en treated for your consolation in these most dark and dolorous days. And so, as for the same purpose I was turning my book, I chanced to see a note in the Margin written thus in Latin: Videat Anglia. Let England beware. Which note when I had considered, I found that the matter written in my book in Latin was this:
HAuynge no lesse desyre to comforte suche as now be in trouble within the realme of Englande, (and spe cially you for many cause• moste deare to me) then hath the natural father to ease the grief & payne of his dearest childe, I haue conside red with my selfe, what argument or parcel of Goddes Scriptures, was moste conueuient and mete to be en treated for your consolation in these moste darck and dolorous dayes. And so, as for the same purpose I was turnyng my boke, I chaunsed to se a note in the Margine written thus in Latyn: Videat Anglia. Let Englande beware. Which note whē I had considered, I founde that the matter written in my boke in Latin was this:
Seldom it is that God worketh