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The copy of an epistle sentThe copie of an epistle sent
The copy of an epistle sent by John Knox one of the ministers of the English Church at Geneva unto the inhabitants of Newcastle, & Berwick. In the end whereof is added a brief exhortation to England for the speedy embracing of Christs gospel heretofore suppressed & banished.The copie of an epistle sent by Iohn Knox one of the ministers of the Englishe Church at Geneua vnto the inhabitants of Newcastle, & Barwike. In the end wherof is added a briefe exhortation to England for the spedie imbrasing of Christes gospel hertofore suppressed & banished.
At Geneva : s.n., M.D.LIX. 1559
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Jeremiah & Ezekiel do witness that the p•inces, prophets & people were so corrupt even to the very day of the destruction, yea, and after the same, that Zedechias (of nature by all appearance not very cruel, but yet faint hearted for lack of faith was compelled at their commandment to put Jeremiah in prison and to give them permission to put him to death at their pleasures, whose life by Gods mighty providence yet preserved, and being called to the presence of the king, to whom he gave in Gods name most wholesome counsel, yet durst not the King for fear of his princes nether follow the same,1 ⟨p. 79⟩nether yet let them understand what communication was betwixt the Prophet and him.
Ieremie & Ezechiel do witnes that the p•inces, prophetes & people were so corrupt euen to the verie day of the destruction, yea, and after the same, that Zedechias (of nature by all apparāce not verie cruel, but yet faint harted for lacke of faith was cō pelled at their commandement to put Ieremie in prison and to gyue them permission to put him to death at their pleasures, whose lyfe by Gods mightie prouidence yet preserued, and being called to the presence of the kinge, to whome he gaue in Gods name most holsome counsel, yet durst not the Kīg for feare of his princes nether follow the same,1 ⟨p. 79⟩nether yet let them vnderstande what cōmunication was betwixt the Prophet and him.