A68306:60
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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Halt no longer on both parts: let not these voices prevail in your parliament: This to our ⟨p. 91⟩••gement is good and godly,1 his the people can well bear, his repugnethe not to Gods •orde, and when the people be •etter instructed, then may we proceed farther &c. O dissembling hypocrites, plain messin•e•s of Satan. Now I do write, which some time I have said to our faces, that whatsoever God in matters of his religion) hath •ot sanctified by his expressed word, the same, I say, before his majesty remaineth execrable, •olluted, and defiled and so in few words, this is the first point, which your true conversion requireth: to wit, that his only word reform his religion.
Halt no longer on bothe partes: let not these voices preuayle in your parlament: This to our ⟨p. 91⟩••gement is good and godly,1 his the people can wel beare, his repugnethe not to Gods •orde, and when the people be •etter instructed, then may we •rocede farther &c. O dissem•ling hypocrites, playne messin•e•s of Sathan. Now I do write, whiche some tyme I haue said to our faces, that whatsoeuer God in matters of his religion) hathe •ot sanctified by his expressed worde, the same, I say, before his •aiestie remaynethe execrable, olluted, and defyled and so in fewe wordes, this is the first point, which your true conuersion requireth: to wit, that his onely worde reforme his religion.