The History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland

A faithful ADMONITION made by JOHN KNOX, To the true Professors of the Gospel of CHRIST within the Kingdom of England. 1554.

A faithfull ADMONITION made by IOHN KNOX, To the true Professors of the Gospel of CHRIST within the Kingdom of England. 1554.

John Knox wisheth Grace, Mercy, and Peace from GOD the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, with the perpetual Comfort of the Holy Ghost to be with you for ever and ever, dear Brethren, the afflicted Members of Christs Church in England.

John Knox wisheth Grace, Mercy, and Peace from GOD the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, with the perpetuall Comfort of the Holy Ghost to be with you for ever and ever, dear Brethren, the afflicted Members of Christs Church in England.

Having no less desire to comfort such as now be in trouble within the Realm of England, (and specially you for many causes most dear to me) then hath the natural Father to ease the grief and pain of his dearest Child; I have considered with my self, what argument or parcel of Gods Scriptures was most convenient and meet to be handled for your consolation in these most dark and dolorous days:¹ 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, Videas Anglia, Let England beware; which Note when I had considered, I found, that the matter written in my Book in Latin, was this, Seldom it is that God worketh any notable work to the comfort of his Church, but that trouble, fear, and labour cometh