TO
THE
NOBILITIE
AND
ESTAtes
of
Scotland
Iohn
Knoxe
wisheth
grace
,
mercie
,
and
peace
from
God
the
father
of
our
Lord
Iesus
Christ
with
the
spirit
of
righteous
iudgement
.
IT
is
not
only
the
loue
of
life
temporall
(
right
honorable
)
neither
yet
the
fear
of
corporall
death
,
that
moueth
me
at
this
present
to
expone
vnto
you
the
iniuries
done
against
me
,
and
to
craue
of
you
,
as
of
laufull
powers
by
God
appointed
,
redresse
of
the
same
,
but
partly
it
procedeth
from
that
reuerence
whiche
euerie
man
oweth
to
Godds
eternal
trueth
,
Who
by
that
sacrifice
which
he
did
once
offer
vpon
the
crosse
,
In
doctrine
I
did
further
affirme
,
so
taught
by
my
master
Christ
Iesus
,
This
doctrine
did
I
beleue
to
be
so
conformable
to
Goddes
holie
scriptures
that
I
thoght
,
no
creature
could
haue
bene
so
impudent
as
to
haue
damned
any
point
or
article
of
the
same
.
Yet
neuerthelesse
me
,
as
an
heritike
,
and
this
doctrine
as
heriticall
,
haue
your
fals
bishoppes
and
vngodlie
clergie
damned
,
Your
honours
are
not
ignorant
that
it
is
not
I
alone
,
who
doth
sustain
this
cause
against
the
pestilent
generation
of
Papistes
,
but
that
the
most
part
of
Germanie
,
The
word
of
God
will
that
no
man
shall
die
except
he
be
found
criminall
and
worthie
of
death
for
offence
committed
,
These
thinges
require
I
of
your
honours
to
be
graunted
vnto
me
:
to
wit
,
That
the
doctrine
which
our
aduersaries
condemn
for
haeresie
may
be
tried
by
the
simple
and
playn
word
of
God
,
that
iust
defenses
be
admitted
to
vs
that
sustain
the
battaile
against
this
pestilent
generation
of
Antichrist
,
and
that
they
be
remoued
from
iudgement
in
our
cause
,
seinge
that
our
accusation
is
not
intended
against
any
one
particular
person
,
but
against
that
hole
kingdome
whiche
we
doubt
not
to
proue
to
be
a
power
vsurped
against
God
,
The
one
and
the
other
I
nothing
doubt
most
clerely
to
proue
.
Fyrst
that
my
appellation
is
most
Lawfull
and
iust
:
and
secondarely
that
your
honours
can
not
refuse
to
defend
me
thus
calling
for
your
aid
,
How
iust
cause
I
haue
by
the
ciuile
law
(
as
for
their
canon
it
is
accursed
of
God
)
Secondarely
to
me
was
no
intimation
made
of
their
sommondes
,
but
so
secrete
was
their
surmised
malice
that
the
copie
of
the
sommondes
being
required
was
denyed
.
Thirdlie
to
the
realme
of
Scotland
could
I
haue
had
no
free
nor
sure
accesse
being
before
exiled
from
the
same
by
their
vniust
tyrannie
.
And
last
to
me
they
nether
could
nor
can
be
competent
and
indifferent
iudges
,
for
that
,
before
any
sommondes
were
raised
against
me
,
I
had
accused
them
by
my
lrens
published
to
the
quene
dowagier
,
and
had
intended
against
them
all
crimes
,
offring
my selfe
with
hasard
of
life
to
proue
the
same
,
for
the
which
they
are
not
onlie
vnworthie
of
ecclesiasticall
auctoritie
,
but
also
of
any
sufferance
within
a
commune
welthe
professing
Christ
.
This
my
accusation
preceding
their
sōmōdes
,
neither
by
the
law
of
God
,
neither
yet
by
the
law
of
man
can
they
be
to
me
competent
iudges
till
place
be
granted
vnto
me
openlie
to
proue
my
accusation
intended
against
them
,
and
they
be
compelled
to
make
answer
as
criminalls
.
For
I
will
plainelie
proue
that
not
onlie
bishoppes
,
but
also
Popes
haue
bene
remoued
from
all
auctoritie
and
pronouncing
of
iudgement
till
they
haue
purged
them selues
of
accusations
layd
against
them
.
Yea
further
I
will
proue
that
bishoppes
and
Popes
most
iustly
haue
bene
depriued
from
all
honours
and
administration
for
smaller
crimes
then
I
haue
to
charge
the
hole
rable
of
your
bishoppes
.
But
because
this
is
not
my
chefe
grounde
I
wil
stand
content
for
this
present
to
shew
,
The
Prophete
Ieremie
was
conmmanded
by
God
to
stand
in
the
courte
of
the
house
of
the
Lord
and
to
preach
this
sermon
in
effect
.
For
this
sermon
was
Ieremie
apprehended
and
a
sentence
of
death
was
pronounced
against
hym
and
that
by
the
preestes
,
by
the
Prophetes
,
and
by
the
people
,
which
thinges
being
bruted
in
the
eares
of
the
Princes
of
Iuda
they
passed
vp
from
the
kinges
house
to
the
temple
of
the
Lord
,
and
sat
down
in
iudgement
for
further
knowledge
of
the
cause
.
But
the
preestes
and
Prophetes
continued
in
theyre
cruell
sentence
,
which
before
they
had
pronounced
saying
,
This
man
is
worthie
of
the
death
:
for
he
hath
prophesied
against
this
citie
as
your
eares
haue
hard
.
But
Ieremy
so
moued
by
the
holie
Ghost
,
began
his
defence
against
that
their
tyrannous
sentence
in
these
wordes
.
The
Lord
(
saieth
he
)
hath
sent
me
to
prophetie
against
this
house
,
and
against
this
citie
all
the
wordes
which
you
haue
hard
.
Now
therefore
make
good
your
wayes
,
and
hear
the
voyce
of
the
Lord
your
God
,
and
then
shall
he
repent
of
the
euill
whiche
he
hath
spoken
against
you
.
As
for
me
behold
I
am
in
your
handes
(
so
doth
he
speak
to
the
Princes
)
do
to
me
as
you
think
good
and
righteous
.
Then
the
princes
and
the
people
(
saieth
the
text
)
said
,
this
man
is
not
worthie
of
death
,
for
he
hath
spoken
to
vs
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
our
God
.
And
so
after
somme
contention
was
the
Prophete
deliuered
from
that
danger
.
This
fact
and
historie
manefestly
proueth
whatsoeuer
before
I
haue
affirmed
.
To
wit
,
that
it
is
Laufull
for
the
seruantes
of
God
to
call
for
the
help
of
the
ciuile
magistrate
against
the
sentence
of
death
if
it
be
vniust
,
by
whome
soeuer
it
be
pronounced
and
also
that
the
ciuile
sword
hath
power
to
represse
the
furie
of
the
preests
and
to
absolue
whome
thei
haue
condemned
.
For
the
prophete
of
God
was
damned
by
those
who
then
only
in
earthe
were
knowen
to
be
the
visible
churche
,
to
wit
preestes
&
prophetes
who
then
were
in
Ierusalem
the
successours
of
Aaron
to
whome
was
geuen
a
charge
to
speak
to
the
people
in
the
name
of
God
,
But
now
my
lord
the
king
take
hede
,
And
the
text
witnesseth
that
the
king
commaunded
the
place
of
his
imprysonment
to
be
chaunged
.
Whereof
it
is
euident
,
that
the
prophet
did
ofter
then
once
seke
help
at
the
ciuile
power
and
that
fyrst
the
princes
,
and
thereafter
the
king
did
acknowledge
,
that
it
appertained
to
their
office
to
deliuer
him
from
the
iniust
sentence
,
which
was
pronounced
against
him
.
yf
any
thinke
that
Ieremie
did
not
appeall
becaus
he
onely
declared
the
wronge
done
vnto
him
,
and
did
but
craue
defence
according
to
his
innocencie
let
the
same
man
vnderstand
,
that
none
otherwise
do
I
appeale
from
that
fals
and
cruell
sentence
,
After
that
Paule
had
diuerse
tymes
bene
accused
,
as
in
the
Actes
of
the
apostles
is
manifest
,
at
the
last
the
chefe
Preestes
and
theyre
faction
came
to
Cesarea
with
Festus
the
president
,
who
presented
to
them
Paule
in
iudgement
,
whome
they
accused
of
horrible
crimes
:
which
neuertheles
they
could
not
proue
,
the
Apostle
defending
that
he
had
not
offended
neither
agaīnst
the
Law
,
neither
against
the
Temple
,
neither
yet
against
the
Emperour
.
But
Festus
willing
to
gratifie
the
Iewes
,
It
may
appear
at
the
first
sight
that
Paule
did
great
iniurie
to
Festus
the
iudge
,
and
to
the
hole
order
of
the
preesthode
,
who
did
hope
greater
equitie
in
a
cruell
tyrant
then
in
all
that
session
and
learned
companie
.
Which
thinge
no
dout
Festus
did
vnderstand
,
pronouncing
these
wordes
:
Hast
thou
appealed
to
Cesar
?
thou
shalt
go
to
Cesar
.
As
he
would
say
,
I
as
a
man
willing
to
vnderstand
the
truth
before
I
pronounce
sentence
,
haue
required
of
thee
to
go
to
Ierusalem
,
where
the
learned
of
thyne
owne
nation
may
heare
thy
cause
and
decerne
in
the
same
.
The
controuersie
standith
in
matters
of
religion
.
Thou
art
accused
as
an
apostatat
from
the
Law
,
as
a
violator
of
the
temple
,
and
transgressor
of
the
traditions
of
theyre
fathers
:
in
which
matters
I
am
ignorant
,
and
therefore
desire
information
by
those
,
that
be
learned
in
the
same
religion
,
wherof
the
question
is
.
And
yet
doest
thou
refuse
so
many
godly
fathers
to
hear
thy
cause
,
and
doestappeale
to
the
Emperour
:
preferring
hym
to
all
our
iudgements
,
of
no
purpose
belike
,
but
to
delay
tyme
.
Thus
I
say
it
myght
haue
appeared
that
Paule
did
not
only
iniurie
to
the
iudge
and
to
the
Preestes
,
but
also
that
his
cause
was
greatly
to
be
suspected
:
partly
for
that
he
did
refuse
the
iudgement
of
those
that
had
moste
knowledge
(
as
all
men
supposed
)
of
Gods
will
and
religion
:
and
partly
because
he
appealed
to
the
Emperour
,
who
then
was
at
Rome
farr
absent
from
Ierusalem
,
a
man
also
ignorant
of
God
and
ennemie
to
all
vertue
.
But
the
Apostle
considering
the
nature
of
his
ennemies
,
and
what
thinges
they
had
intended
against
hym
,
euen
from
the
fyrst
day
that
he
began
freelie
to
speak
in
the
name
of
Christ
,
The
Preestes
haue
not
knowen
me
(
saieth
the
Lord
)
but
the
pastors
haue
traiterously
declined
and
fallen
back
from
me
.
As
it
was
a
trueth
that
the
pastors
and
watchmen
in
the
daies
of
Isaie
were
becomed
domme
dogs
blynd
,
ignorant
,
My
purpose
is
not
greatly
to
labour
to
proue
,
that
your
hole
studie
oght
to
be
to
promote
the
glorie
of
God
,
neither
yet
will
I
studie
to
alledge
all
reasons
that
iustly
may
be
broght
to
proue
that
ye
are
not
exalted
to
reigne
aboue
your
brethren
as
men
without
care
and
solicitude
.
For
these
be
principals
so
grafted
in
nature
,
that
verie
Ethnicks
haue
confessed
the
same
.
Let
euerie
soule
(
saieth
he
)
submit
hym selfe
vnto
the
hygher
powers
.
for
there
is
no
power
but
of
god
.
The
powers
that
be
,
are
ordained
of
God
.
Whosoeuer
therefore
resisteth
power
,
resisteth
the
ordinance
of
God
,
and
they
that
resist
shall
receaue
to
them selues
damnation
.
For
rulers
ar
not
to
be
feared
of
those
that
do
well
,
but
of
those
that
do
euill
.
Wilt
thou
then
be
without
fear
of
the
power
?
do
that
which
is
good
,
and
so
shalt
thou
be
praised
of
the
same
.
For
he
is
the
minister
of
God
for
thy
welth
.
But
if
thou
do
that
which
is
euil
,
fear
.
For
he
beareth
not
the
sworde
for
noght
:
for
he
is
the
minister
of
God
to
take
vengance
on
them
that
do
euil
.
As
the
Apostle
in
these
wordes
moste
straytly
commaundeth
obedience
to
be
geuen
to
lawfull
powers
,
pronouncing
Gods
wrathe
and
vengance
against
such
as
shall
resist
the
ordonaunce
of
God
,
so
dothe
he
assigne
to
the
powers
theyre
offices
,
which
to
be
take
vengance
vpon
euil
doers
,
to
maintaine
the
well
doers
,
and
so
to
ministre
and
rule
in
theyre
office
,
that
the
subiectes
by
them
may
haue
a
benefite
and
be
praised
in
well
doing
.
Now
if
you
be
powers
ordeined
by
God
(
and
that
I
hope
all
men
will
graunte
)
then
by
the
plaine
wordes
of
the
Apostle
is
the
sworde
geuen
vnto
you
by
God
for
maintenance
of
the
innocent
,
and
for
punyshement
of
malefactors
.
But
I
and
my
brethren
with
me
accused
,
do
offre
not
only
to
proue
our selues
innocents
in
all
thinges
laid
to
our
charge
,
but
also
we
offre
most
euidently
to
proue
your
Byshoppes
to
be
the
verie
pestilence
,
who
haue
infected
all
christianitie
.
And
therefore
by
the
plaine
doctrine
of
the
Apostle
you
ar
bounde
to
maintaine
vs
,
and
to
punysh
the
other
being
euidently
conuict
and
proued
criminall
.
For
this
do
you
pay
tribute
and
tole
.
That
is
because
they
are
Gods
ministers
,
bearing
the
sworde
for
your
vtilitie
.
Wherof
it
is
plaine
,
that
there
is
no
honour
without
a
charge
annexed
.
And
this
one
point
I
wishe
your
wisdomes
dipely
to
consider
:
that
God
hath
not
placed
you
aboue
your
brethren
to
reigne
as
tyrantes
without
respect
of
theyre
profitt
and
commoditie
.
You
heare
the
holie
Ghost
witnesse
the
contrarie
,
affirmyng
that
all
lawfull
powers
be
Gods
ministers
ordened
for
the
welth
,
profitt
and
saluation
of
their
subiectes
,
and
not
for
theyre
destruction
.
Could
it
be
said
(
I
besech
you
)
that
Magistrates
,
Thy
princes
,
saieth
he
,
ar
apostatats
:
This
greuous
accusation
was
laid
against
them
,
albeit
that
they
ruled
in
that
citie
which
sometyme
was
called
holy
,
where
then
were
the
temple
,
rites
and
ordonances
of
God
:
because
that
not
onlie
they
were
wicked
them selues
,
but
chefely
because
they
maintained
wiked
men
theyr
Preestes
and
fals
ꝓphetes
in
honours
and
auctoritie
yf
they
did
not
escape
this
accusation
of
the
holie
Ghost
in
that
age
,
looke
ye
neither
to
escape
the
accusation
nor
the
iudgement
which
is
pronounced
against
the
maintainers
of
whicked
men
:
to
with
that
the
one
and
the
other
shall
drinck
the
cuppe
of
Gods
wrathe
and
vengance
togither
.
Of
the
premisses
it
is
euident
that
to
lawfull
powers
is
geuen
the
sworde
for
punyshement
of
malefactors
,
for
maintenance
of
innocents
,
and
for
the
profitt
and
vtilitie
of
theyr
subiects
.
Now
let
vs
consider
,
whether
the
reformation
of
religion
fallen
in
decay
,
and
punyshement
of
false
teachers
do
appertaine
to
the
ciuile
Magistrate
and
nobilitie
of
any
realme
.
I
am
not
ignorant
that
Satan
of
old
tyme
for
mentainance
of
his
darknes
hath
obtained
of
the
blynd
world
two
chefe
points
.
When
God
did
establish
his
Law
,
Thou
shalt
seperate
Aaron
and
his
sonnes
from
the
middest
of
the
people
of
Israel
,
And
so
furth
of
euerie
rite
and
ceremonie
,
that
was
to
be
done
vnto
them
,
especiall
commaundement
was
geuen
vnto
Moses
,
that
he
should
do
it
.
Now
if
Aaron
and
his
sonnes
were
so
subiect
to
Moses
,
that
they
did
nothing
but
at
his
commaundement
,
who
dar
be
so
bold
as
to
affirme
that
the
ciuile
Magistrate
hath
nothing
to
do
in
matters
of
religion
?
For
seing
that
then
God
did
so
straytly
require
,
that
euen
those
,
who
did
beare
the
figure
of
Christ
,
should
receaue
from
the
ciuile
power
as
it
were
theyre
sanctification
,
and
entrance
to
theyr
office
,
and
seing
also
that
Moses
was
so
far
preferred
to
Aaron
,
that
the
one
commaunded
and
the
other
did
obey
,
who
dar
esteme
that
the
ciuile
power
is
now
becomed
so
prophane
in
Gods
eyes
,
that
it
is
sequestred
from
all
intromission
with
the
matters
of
religion
.
The
holie
ghost
in
diuers
places
declarethe
the
contrarie
.
For
one
of
the
chefe
praecepts
commaunded
to
the
king
,
when
that
he
should
be
placed
in
his
throne
,
was
to
write
the
example
of
the
boke
of
the
Lordes
law
,
that
it
should
be
with
hym
,
that
he
might
read
in
it
all
the
daies
of
his
life
,
that
he
might
learn
to
fear
the
Lord
his
God
,
and
to
kepe
all
the
wordes
of
his
law
,
and
his
statutes
to
do
them
.
This
praecept
requireth
not
onlye
,
that
the
king
should
hym selfe
fear
God
,
kepe
his
Law
,
and
statutes
,
but
that
also
he
as
the
chefe
ruler
,
should
prouide
that
goddes
true
religion
should
be
kept
inuiolated
of
the
people
and
flock
,
which
by
God
was
committed
to
his
charge
.
And
this
did
not
onlie
Dauid
and
Salomon
perfectly
vnderstand
,
but
also
somme
godlie
kinges
in
Iuda
after
the
apostasie
and
idolatrie
,
You
sonnes
of
Israel
return
to
the
Lord
God
of
Abraham
Isaac
,
Thus
far
did
Ezechias
by
lettres
and
messingers
prouoke
the
people
,
declined
from
God
to
repentance
,
not
only
in
Iuda
,
where
he
reigned
laufull
king
,
The
same
is
to
be
red
of
Iosias
,
who
did
not
only
restore
the
religion
,
but
did
further
distroy
all
monumentes
of
idolatrie
,
Of
which
histories
it
is
euident
that
the
reformation
of
religion
in
all
points
,
togither
with
the
punishement
of
false
teachers
doth
appertaine
to
the
power
of
the
ciuile
Magistrate
.
For
what
God
required
of
them
,
his
iustice
must
require
of
others
hauing
the
like
charge
and
auctoritie
:
what
he
did
approue
in
them
,
he
can
not
but
approue
in
all
others
,
who
with
like
zeale
and
synceritie
do
interprise
to
purge
the
Lordes
temple
and
sanctuarie
.
what
God
required
of
them
,
it
is
before
declared
,
to
wit
:
that
most
diligently
they
should
obserue
his
Law
,
statutes
and
ceremonies
.
And
how
acceptable
were
theyre
factes
to
God
,
doth
he
him selfe
witnesse
.
For
to
somme
he
gaue
most
notable
victories
without
the
hande
of
man
,
Be
learned
you
that
iudge
the
earth
,
kysse
the
sonne
,
lest
that
the
Lord
waxe
angrie
,
and
that
yee
perish
from
the
way
.
This
admonition
did
not
extend
to
the
iudges
vnder
the
law
only
,
but
doth
also
include
all
such
as
be
promoted
to
honours
in
the
tyme
of
the
Gospell
,
when
Christ
Iesus
doth
reigne
and
feight
in
his
spirituall
kyngdome
,
whose
ennemies
in
that
psalme
be
fyrst
most
sharply
taxed
,
theyr
furie
expressed
,
and
vanitie
mocked
:
&
then
are
kings
and
iudges
,
who
think
them selues
free
from
all
law
and
obedience
,
commaunded
to
repent
theyre
former
blynd
rage
,
and
iudges
are
charged
to
be
learned
:
and
last
are
all
commaunded
to
serue
the
eternall
in
feare
,
to
reioyce
before
hym
in
tremblyng
,
to
kysse
the
sonne
,
that
is
,
to
geue
vnto
hym
most
humble
obedience
,
whereof
it
is
euident
that
the
rulers
,
Magistrats
and
iudges
now
in
Christes
kingdome
are
no
lesse
bound
to
obedience
vnto
God
,
than
were
those
vnder
the
Law
.
And
how
is
it
possible
that
any
shall
be
obedient
,
who
dispise
his
religion
,
in
which
standeth
the
chefe
glorie
,
that
man
can
geue
to
God
,
and
is
a
seruice
,
which
God
especially
requireth
of
kings
and
rulers
?
Either
must
the
veritie
be
kept
close
,
But
if
the
veritie
should
be
concealed
,
not
only
should
none
be
saued
nor
delyuered
by
suchsilēce
,
but
also
shoulde
many
be
lost
through
theyr
decept
.
But
if
by
preaching
of
the
veritie
theyr
furie
should
be
prouoked
more
to
rage
,
and
by
that
meanes
yet
somme
were
delyuered
,
and
made
stronge
,
yet
should
feare
hinder
many
weaklings
to
folowe
the
veritie
,
if
theyr
rage
be
not
stayed
.
In
these
fyrst
wordes
Augustine
sheweth
three
reasons
,
why
the
afflicted
Church
in
those
daies
called
for
the
help
of
the
Emperour
and
of
godlie
Magistrates
against
the
furie
of
the
persecuters
.
The
fyrst
,
The
veritie
must
be
spoken
or
The
second
,
the
veritie
being
plainlie
spoken
prouoketh
the
aduersaries
to
rage
.
And
because
that
some
did
alledge
that
rather
we
oght
to
suffer
all
iniurie
,
then
to
seke
support
by
man
,
he
addeth
the
third
reason
:
to
witt
that
many
weakones
be
not
able
to
suffer
persecution
and
death
for
the
truethes
sake
,
to
whome
not
the
lesse
respect
oght
to
be
had
,
that
they
may
be
won
from
errour
and
so
be
brought
to
grater
strength
.
O
that
the
rulers
of
this
age
should
ponder
and
wey
the
reasons
of
this
godly
writer
,
and
prouid
the
remedie
,
which
he
requyreth
in
these
wordes
foloing
,
Now
when
the
Church
was
thus
afflicted
yf
any
think
that
rather
they
should
haue
sustayned
all
calamitie
,
whill
yet
that
saying
of
the
prophet
was
complete
,
why
hath
nations
raged
,
and
people
haue
imagined
vanitie
?
The
kinges
of
the
earth
haue
stand
vp
,
&
princes
haue
conuented
together
against
the
Lord
,
and
against
his
annoynted
.
That
which
is
after
said
in
the
same
psalme
,
was
not
yet
comme
to
passe
.
And
now
vnderstand
,
o
you
kinges
,
be
learned
you
that
iudge
the
earth
,
serue
the
Lord
▪
in
fear
,
and
reioyce
to
hym
with
tremlinge
.
In
so
far
as
he
is
man
,
Yf
you
do
think
,
that
the
reformation
of
religion
and
defence
of
the
afflicted
doth
not
appertaine
to
you
,
because
you
are
no
kings
,
but
nobils
and
estates
of
a
real
me
,
in
two
thinges
you
are
deceaued
:
former
,
in
that
you
do
not
aduert
,
that
Dauid
requireth
aswell
,
that
the
princes
and
iudges
of
the
earth
be
learned
and
that
they
serue
and
fear
God
,
as
that
he
requireth
,
that
the
kings
repent
.
Yf
you
therefore
be
iudges
and
princes
,
as
no
man
can
deny
you
to
be
,
then
by
the
playn
words
of
Dauid
you
are
charged
to
be
learned
,
to
serue
and
fear
God
,
which
ye
can
not
do
,
if
you
despise
the
reformation
of
his
religion
.
And
thys
is
your
fyrst
errour
.
The
second
is
,
that
ye
neither
know
your
duetie
,
which
ye
owe
to
God
,
neither
yet
your
auctoritie
,
which
of
hym
ye
haue
receaued
,
yf
ye
for
pleasure
or
fear
of
any
earthlie
man
despise
goddes
true
religion
,
and
contemne
your
brethren
,
that
in
his
name
cal
for
your
support
.
Your
dutie
is
to
hear
the
voyce
of
the
Eternal
your
God
,
and
unfainedly
to
studie
to
folow
his
preceptes
:
who
,
as
is
before
said
,
of
especiall
mercie
hath
promoted
you
to
honours
and
dignitie
.
His
chefe
and
principall
precept
is
,
that
with
reuerence
ye
receaue
and
embrace
his
onlie
beloued
sonne
Iesus
:
that
ye
promote
to
the
vttermost
of
your
powers
his
true
religion
:
and
that
ye
defend
your
brethren
and
subiectes
,
whome
he
hath
putt
vnder
your
charge
and
care
.
Now
if
your
king
be
a
man
ignorant
of
God
,
ennemie
to
his
true
religion
,
blinded
by
superstition
,
and
a
persecuter
of
Christes
membres
,
shall
yee
be
excused
,
if
with
silence
yee
passe
ouer
his
iniquitie
?
Be
not
deceaued
my
Lordes
,
ye
are
placed
in
auctoritie
for
an
other
purpose
then
to
flatter
your
king
in
his
folie
and
blind
rage
:
to
witt
,
that
as
with
your
bodies
,
strength
,
riches
,
and
wisdome
ye
are
bound
to
assist
and
defend
him
in
all
things
,
which
by
your
aduise
he
shall
take
in
hand
for
Gods
glorie
and
for
the
preseruation
of
his
commune
wealth
and
subiectes
,
so
by
your
grauities
,
counsil
and
admonition
yee
are
bound
to
correct
and
represse
whatsoeuer
ye
know
him
to
attempt
expressedly
repugning
to
Goddes
word
,
honour
,
and
glorie
,
or
what
ye
shall
espie
him
to
do
,
be
it
by
ignorance
or
be
it
by
malice
,
against
his
subiectes
great
,
or
small
.
Of
which
last
part
of
your
obedience
yf
ye
defraud
your
king
,
ye
commit
against
him
no
lesse
treason
,
then
yf
ye
did
extract
from
him
your
due
and
promised
support
,
what
time
by
his
ennemies
iniustly
he
wer
pursued
.
But
this
part
of
their
duetie
I
fear
do
a
small
nomber
of
the
nobilitie
of
this
age
rightly
consider
:
neither
yet
will
they
vnderstand
,
that
for
that
purpose
hath
God
promoted
them
.
For
now
the
commune
song
of
al
men
is
,
We
must
obey
our
kinges
be
they
good
,
or
be
they
bad
,
for
God
hath
so
commaunded
.
But
horrible
shall
the
vengeance
be
,
that
shal
be
powred
furth
vpon
such
blasphemers
of
God
his
holie
name
,
and
ordinaunce
.
For
it
is
no
lesse
blasphemie
to
say
,
that
God
hath
commaunded
kinges
to
be
obeyed
,
when
they
commaund
impietie
,
then
to
say
,
that
God
by
his
precept
is
auctour
and
mentainer
of
all
iniquitie
.
True
it
is
,
God
hath
commaunded
kinges
to
be
obeyed
,
but
like
true
it
is
,
that
in
things
,
which
they
commit
against
his
glorie
,
or
when
cruelly
without
cause
they
rage
against
theire
brethren
the
members
of
Christes
body
,
he
hath
commaunded
no
obedience
,
but
rather
he
hath
approued
,
yea
and
greatlie
rewarded
such
as
haue
opponed
them selues
to
theyre
vngodly
commaundementes
and
blind
rage
:
as
in
the
exampls
of
the
three
children
,
of
Daniel
,
and
Abdemelech
it
is
euident
.
The
three
children
wold
nether
bowe
nor
stoupe
before
the
golden
image
at
the
commaundement
of
the
great
king
Nabuchadnezar
.
Daniel
did
openly
pray
,
his
windoes
being
open
,
against
the
established
law
of
Darius
and
of
his
counsil
:
and
Abdemelech
feared
not
to
enter
in
before
the
presence
of
Zedechias
and
boldly
to
defend
the
cause
and
innocentie
of
Ieremie
the
prophet
,
It
is
not
vnknowen
,
Yf
in
anie
of
thy
cities
,
Plaine
it
is
that
Moses
speaketh
nor
geueth
not
charge
to
kinges
rulers
and
iudges
only
,
but
he
commaundeth
the
hole
bodie
of
the
people
,
For
seing
that
God
had
delyuered
the
hole
bodie
from
bondage
,
and
to
the
hole
multitude
had
geuen
his
law
,
and
to
the
twelue
tribes
had
he
so
distributed
the
inheritance
of
the
land
of
Canaan
,
that
no
familie
could
complaine
,
that
it
was
neglected
.
Was
not
the
hole
and
euerie
membre
addetted
to
confesse
and
acknolledge
the
benefites
of
God
?
yea
had
it
not
bene
the
part
of
euerie
man
to
haue
studied
to
kepe
the
possession
,
which
he
had
receaued
?
which
thing
God
did
plainely
pronounce
they
should
not
do
,
Let
the
citie
be
burned
,
and
let
no
part
of
the
spoile
cleaue
to
thy
hand
,
that
the
Lord
may
return
from
the
furie
of
his
wrath
,
&c.
He
plainely
doth
signifie
,
Beware
that
thou
make
anie
conuenante
with
the
inhabitantes
of
the
land
,
To
this
same
Law
,
I
say
,
and
conuenante
are
the
Gentiles
no
lesse
bounde
,
then
somtyme
were
the
Iewes
,
when
soeuer
God
doth
illuminate
the
eyes
of
anie
multitude
,
prouince
,
people
or
citie
,
and
putteth
the
sworde
in
their
own
hand
to
remoue
such
enormities
from
amongest
them
,
as
before
God
they
know
to
be
abominable
.
Then
,
I
say
,
are
they
no
lesse
bound
to
purge
theyr
dominions
,
▪
cities
and
countries
from
idolatrie
,
then
were
the
Israelites
,
what
tyme
they
receaued
the
possession
of
the
land
of
Canaan
.
And
moreouer
I
say
,
if
any
go
about
to
erect
and
set
vp
idolatrie
or
to
teach
defection
from
God
,
after
that
the
veritie
hath
bene
receaued
and
approued
,
that
then
not
only
the
Magistrates
,
to
whome
the
sword
is
committet
,
but
also
the
people
are
bound
by
that
oth
,
which
they
haue
made
to
God
,
to
reuenge
to
the
vttermost
of
their
power
the
iniurie
done
against
his
Maiestie
.
In
vniuersal
defections
,
and
in
a
general
reuolt
,
such
as
was
in
Israel
after
Ieroboam
,
there
is
a
diuerse
consideration
.
For
then
because
the
hole
people
were
togither
conspired
against
God
,
there
could
none
be
found
,
that
woulde
execute
the
punishement
,
which
God
had
commaunded
,
till
God
raised
vpp
Iehu
,
whom
he
had
appointed
for
that
purpose
.
And
the
same
is
to
be
considered
in
all
other
general
defections
,
suche
as
this
day
be
in
the
papistrie
,
where
all
are
blinded
,
and
all
are
declined
from
God
and
that
of
longe
continuance
,
so
that
no
ordinarie
iustice
can
be
executed
,
but
the
punishment
must
be
reserued
to
God
and
vnto
such
meanes
,
as
he
shall
appoint
.
But
I
do
speak
of
such
a
nombre
,
as
after
they
haue
receaued
goddes
perfect
religion
,
do
boldly
professe
the
same
,
notwithstanding
that
some
or
the
most
part
fal
back
:
(
as
of
late
daies
was
in
England
)
vnto
such
a
nombre
,
I
say
,
it
is
Laufull
to
punish
the
idolatours
with
death
,
if
by
anie
meanes
God
geue
them
the
power
.
For
so
did
Iosua
and
Israel
determine
to
haue
done
against
the
children
of
Ruben
,
Gad
and
Manasses
for
their
suspected
apostasie
and
defection
from
God
.
And
the
hole
tribes
did
in
verie
dede
execute
that
sharpe
iudgement
against
the
tribe
of
Beniamin
for
a
lesse
offence
then
for
idolatrie
.
And
the
same
oght
to
be
done
whersoeuer
Christ
Iesus
and
his
Euangill
is
so
receaued
in
any
realme
,
prouince
,
or
citie
,
that
the
Magistrates
and
people
haue
solemnely
auowed
and
promised
to
defend
the
same
,
as
vnder
king
Edward
of
late
dayes
was
done
in
England
.
In
such
places
,
I
say
,
it
is
not
only
lawful
to
punish
to
the
death
such
,
as
labour
to
subuert
the
true
religion
,
but
the
magistrates
and
people
are
bound
so
to
do
,
onles
they
wil
prouoke
the
wrath
of
God
against
them selues
.
And
therfor
I
fear
not
to
affirm
,
that
it
had
bene
the
duetie
of
the
nobilitie
,
iudges
,
rulers
,
and
people
of
England
not
only
to
haue
resisted
and
againstanded
Marie
that
Iesabel
,
whome
they
call
their
quene
,
but
also
to
haue
punished
her
to
the
death
with
all
the
sort
of
her
idolatrous
Preestes
,
together
with
all
such
,
as
should
haue
assisted
her
,
what
tyme
that
shee
and
they
openly
began
to
suppresse
Christes
Euangil
,
to
shedd
the
blood
of
the
saincts
of
God
,
ad
to
erect
that
most
diuellish
idolatrie
,
the
papistical
abominations
,
and
his
vsurped
tyrannie
,
which
ones
most
iustly
by
commune
oth
was
banished
from
that
realme
.
But
becaus
I
can
not
at
this
present
discusse
this
argument
,
as
it
appertaineth
,
I
am
compelled
to
omitt
it
to
better
opportunitie
,
and
so
returning
to
your
Honours
,
I
say
,
that
if
ye
confesse
your selues
baptised
in
the
Lord
Iesus
,
of
necessitie
ye
must
confesse
,
that
the
care
of
his
religion
doth
appertaine
to
your
charge
.
And
if
ye
know
that
in
your
handes
God
hath
put
the
sworde
for
the
causes
aboue
expressed
,
them
can
ye
not
denie
,
but
that
the
punishement
of
obstinate
and
malepert
idolatours
(
such
as
all
your
bishoppes
be
)
doth
appertaine
to
your
office
,
yf
after
admonition
they
continew
obstinat
.
I
am
not
ignorant
,
what
be
the
vaine
defenses
of
your
proude
prelates
.
They
claime
first
a
prerogatiue
and
priuiledge
,
that
they
are
exempted
,
and
that
by
consent
of
Councils
and
Emperours
from
all
iurisdiction
of
the
temporaltie
.
And
secondarely
,
when
they
are
conuicted
of
manifest
impieties
,
abuses
,
and
enormities
aswell
in
their
maners
as
in
religion
,
neither
fear
,
nor
shame
they
to
affirme
,
that
thinges
so
longe
established
can
not
suddenly
be
reformed
,
althogh
they
be
corrupted
,
but
with
processe
of
tyme
they
promisse
to
take
order
.
But
in
few
wordes
I
answer
,
that
no
priuiledge
,
graunted
against
the
ordenance
and
statutes
of
God
,
is
to
be
obserued
althogh
all
Councils
and
men
in
the
earth
haue
appointed
the
same
.
But
against
goddes
ordenance
it
is
,
that
idolatours
,
murtherours
,
fals
teachers
,
and
blasphemers
shall
be
exempted
from
punishement
,
as
before
is
declared
,
and
therefore
in
vaine
it
is
,
that
they
claym
for
priuiledge
,
when
that
God
sayeth
:
The
murtherer
shalt
thou
riue
from
my
alter
,
that
he
may
die
the
death
.
And
as
to
the
order
and
reformation
,
which
they
promisse
,
that
is
to
be
loked
or
hoped
for
,
when
Satan
,
whose
children
and
slaues
they
are
,
can
change
his
nature
.
This
answer
I
doubt
not
shall
suffice
the
sober
and
godlie
reader
.
But
yet
to
the
end
that
they
may
further
see
their
own
confusion
,
and
that
your
Honours
may
better
vnderstand
,
what
ye
oght
to
do
in
so
manifest
a
corruption
and
defection
from
God
,
I
aske
of
them
selues
,
what
assurance
they
haue
for
this
their
immunitie
,
exemption
,
or
priuiledge
?
who
is
the
auctour
of
it
?
and
what
frute
it
hath
produced
?
Then
Moses
toke
the
calf
,
Thus
,
I
say
,
doth
Moses
call
and
accuse
Aaron
of
the
destruction
of
the
hole
people
,
and
yet
he
perfectly
vnderstode
,
that
God
had
appointed
hym
to
be
the
high
Preest
,
that
he
should
bear
vpon
his
shoulders
and
vpon
his
breast
the
names
of
the
12.
tribes
of
Israel
,
for
whome
he
was
appointed
to
make
sacrifice
,
praiers
,
and
supplications
.
He
knew
his
dignitie
was
so
great
,
Salomon
eiected
furth
Abiathar
,
And
Abiathar
did
think
that
he
obtained
great
fauour
,
in
that
he
did
escape
the
present
death
,
which
by
his
conspiracie
he
had
deserued
.
Yf
anie
yet
reason
,
that
Abiathar
was
no
otherwise
subiect
to
the
iudgement
of
the
king
,
but
as
he
was
appointed
to
be
the
executour
of
that
sentence
,
which
God
before
had
pronounced
,
Submit
your selues
to
all
maner
ordenance
of
man
,
The
same
doth
the
apostle
saint
Paule
most
plainely
commaund
in
these
wordes
,
Let
euerie
soule
be
subiect
to
the
superiour
powers
.
Which
places
make
euident
that
neither
Christ
neither
his
Apostles
hath
geuen
any
assurance
of
this
immunitie
and
priuiledge
,
which
men
of
Church
(
as
they
wil
be
termed
)
do
this
day
claime
.
Yea
it
was
a
thing
vnknowen
to
the
primitiue
Churche
many
yeares
after
the
daies
of
the
Apostles
.
For
Chrysostome
,
This
precept
,
And
after
he
addeth
:
Whether
thou
be
Apostle
,
Euangelist
,
Prophete
,
or
whosoeuer
thou
be
,
thou
canst
not
be
exempted
from
this
subiection
.
Hereof
it
is
playn
that
Chrysostome
did
not
vnderstand
that
God
had
exempted
any
person
from
obedience
and
subiection
of
the
ciuile
power
,
neither
yet
that
he
was
auctour
of
such
exemption
and
priuiledge
,
as
Papistes
do
this
day
claime
.
And
the
same
was
the
iudgement
and
vniforme
doctrine
of
the
primatiue
Church
many
yeares
after
Christe
.
Your
Honours
do
wonder
,
I
doubt
not
,
from
what
fontaine
then
did
this
theyr
immunitie
,
as
they
terme
it
,
and
singular
priuiledge
spring
.
I
shall
shortly
tuch
that
,
which
is
euident
in
their
own
law
and
histories
.
When
the
Byshoppes
of
Rome
,
the
verie
Antichrists
had
partly
by
fraud
,
and
partly
by
violence
vsurped
the
superioritie
of
some
places
in
Italie
,
and
most
iniustly
had
spoiled
the
Emperours
of
their
rentes
and
possessions
,
Neither
by
the
Emperour
,
And
here
of
diuerse
Popes
,
and
expositours
of
their
lawes
would
seme
to
geue
reasons
.
For
saieth
Agatho
,
All
the
preceptes
of
the
apostolik
seat
are
assured
,
as
by
the
voice
of
God
him self
.
The
auctour
of
the
glose
vpon
their
canon
affirmeth
,
that
if
all
the
world
should
pronounce
sentence
against
the
Pope
,
yet
should
his
sentence
preuaile
.
For
saieth
he
,
The
Pope
hath
a
heauenlie
will
,
and
therefore
he
may
chaunge
the
nature
of
thinges
,
he
may
apply
the
substance
of
one
thing
to
an
other
,
and
of
nothing
he
may
make
somwhat
,
and
that
sentence
,
which
was
nothing
(
that
is
)
by
his
mynd
fals
and
iniuste
,
he
may
make
somewhat
that
is
true
and
iust
.
For
,
saieth
he
,
in
all
thinges
,
that
please
hym
,
his
will
is
for
reason
.
Neither
is
there
any
man
,
that
may
aske
of
hym
,
why
doest
thou
so
.
For
he
may
dispens
aboue
the
Law
,
and
of
iniustice
he
may
make
iustice
.
For
he
hath
the
fulnes
of
all
power
.
And
manie
other
most
blasphemous
sentences
did
they
pronounce
euery
one
after
other
,
which
for
shortnessake
I
omitt
,
till
at
the
end
they
obtained
this
most
horrible
decrie
:
that
albeit
in
life
and
conuersation
they
were
so
wicked
,
Iniquitie
I
call
not
only
the
crimes
and
offenses
,
which
haue
bene
and
yet
remaine
in
your
maners
and
liues
,
but
that
also
,
which
appeareth
before
men
most
holie
,
with
hassard
of
my
life
I
offre
to
proue
abomination
before
God
:
God
the
father
of
our
Lord
Iesus
Christ
by
the
power
of
his
holie
spirit
so
rule
and
dispose
your
hearts
,
that
with
simplicitie
ye
may
consider
the
thinges
,
that
be
offred
,
and
that
ye
may
take
such
order
in
the
same
,
as
God
in
you
may
be
glorified
,
and
Christes
flock
by
you
may
be
edified
and
comforted
to
the
praise
and
glorie
of
our
Lord
Iesus
Christ
,
whose
omnipotent
spirit
rule
your
hearts
in
his
true
feare
to
the
end
.
Amen
.
TO
HIS
BELOVED
BRETHREN
THE
communaltie
of
Scotland
Iohn
Knoxe
wisheth
grace
,
mercie
and
peace
with
the
spirit
of
righteous
iudgement
.
What
I
haue
required
of
the
Quene
Regent
,
estates
and
nobilitie
as
of
the
chife
heades
(
for
this
present
)
of
the
realme
,
I
can
not
cease
to
require
of
you
dearli
beloued
Brethren
,
which
be
the
communaltie
and
bodie
of
the
same
.
To
wit
,
that
it
(
notwithstanding
that
fals
and
cruel
sentence
,
which
your
disgised
byshoppes
haue
pronounced
against
me
)
would
please
you
to
be
so
fauorable
vnto
me
,
as
to
be
indifferent
auditours
of
my
iust
purgation
.
Which
to
do
if
God
earnestly
moue
your
heartes
,
as
I
nothing
doubt
,
but
that
your
entreprise
shall
redounde
to
the
praise
of
his
holie
name
,
so
am
I
assured
,
that
ye
and
your
posteritie
shall
by
that
meanes
receaue
most
singular
comfort
,
edification
,
and
profit
.
For
when
ye
shall
heare
the
matter
debated
,
ye
shall
easelie
perceaue
and
vnderstand
,
vpon
what
grounde
and
foundation
is
builded
that
religion
,
which
amongest
you
is
this
day
defended
by
fier
and
sword
.
As
for
my
own
conscience
I
am
most
assuredly
persuaded
,
that
,
what
soeuer
is
vsed
in
the
papistical
Churche
is
al
togither
repugning
to
Christes
blessed
ordinance
,
and
is
nothing
but
mortal
venem
,
of
which
whosoeuer
drinketh
,
I
am
assuredly
persuaded
,
that
therewith
he
drinketh
death
and
damnation
,
except
by
true
conuersion
vnto
God
he
be
purged
from
the
same
.
But
because
that
long
silence
of
goddes
worde
hath
begotten
ignorance
almost
in
al
sortes
of
men
,
and
ignorance
,
ioyned
with
long
custome
,
hath
confirmed
superstition
in
the
heartes
of
many
,
I
therefore
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
Iesus
desire
audience
aswell
of
you
the
communaltie
,
my
Brethren
,
as
of
the
estates
and
nobilitie
of
the
realme
,
That
as
all
be
descended
from
Adam
,
Of
this
equalitie
,
and
that
God
requireth
no
lesse
of
the
subiect
,
be
he
neuer
so
poore
,
then
of
the
prince
and
riche
man
in
matters
of
religion
,
he
hath
geuen
an
euident
declaration
in
the
law
of
Moses
.
For
when
the
tabernacle
was
buylded
,
erected
,
and
set
in
order
,
God
did
prouide
,
how
it
,
and
the
thinges
appertaining
to
the
same
,
should
be
sustained
,
so
that
they
should
not
fall
in
decay
.
And
this
prouision
(
albeit
heauen
and
earth
obey
his
empire
)
would
he
not
take
from
the
secrete
and
hid
treasures
,
which
lie
dispersed
in
the
vaines
of
the
earthe
,
This
money
receaued
from
the
children
of
Israel
thou
shalt
geue
in
the
seruice
of
the
tabernacle
,
This
cause
,
I
say
,
doth
euidently
declare
,
that
as
the
hole
multitude
was
deliuered
from
the
bondage
of
Egypt
by
the
mightie
power
of
God
alone
,
so
was
euerie
membre
of
the
same
without
respect
of
person
sanctified
by
his
grace
,
the
riche
in
that
behalf
nothing
preferred
to
the
poorest
.
For
by
no
merit
,
nor
worthynes
of
man
was
he
moued
to
chose
,
and
to
establishe
his
habitation
and
dwellinge
amongest
them
.
But
their
felicitie
,
prerogatiue
and
honour
,
which
they
had
aboue
all
other
nations
,
proceded
only
from
the
fontaine
of
his
eternal
goodnes
,
who
loued
them
freely
,
as
that
he
freely
had
chosen
them
to
be
his
preestlie
kingdome
and
holie
people
from
all
nations
of
the
earth
.
Whose
natural
bodie
albeit
it
be
receaued
in
the
heauens
,
And
for
that
purpose
,
and
for
the
more
assurance
of
his
promisse
he
hath
erected
amongest
vs
here
in
earthe
the
signes
of
his
owne
presence
with
vs
,
his
spiritual
tabernacle
,
the
true
preaching
of
his
worde
,
and
right
administration
of
his
sacramentes
.
To
the
mentenance
whereof
is
no
lesse
bounde
the
subiect
,
Ye
dear
Brethren
(
as
before
is
said
)
are
the
creatures
of
God
created
to
his
owne
image
and
similitude
:
to
whome
it
is
commaunded
to
hear
the
voyce
of
your
heauenlie
Father
,
And
therefore
,
I
say
,
that
it
behoueth
you
to
be
careful
and
diligent
in
this
so
weghtie
a
matter
,
lest
that
ye
,
contemnyng
this
occasion
,
which
God
now
offereth
,
fynd
not
the
like
,
althoghe
that
after
with
gronyng
and
sobbes
ye
languyshe
for
the
same
.
Not
only
I
,
but
with
me
also
diuers
other
godlie
and
learned
men
do
offer
vnto
you
our
labours
faithfully
to
instruct
you
in
the
waies
of
the
Eternal
our
God
,
and
in
the
synceritie
of
Christes
Euangil
,
which
this
day
by
the
pestilent
generation
of
Antichrist
(
I
mean
by
the
pope
,
and
by
his
most
vngodlie
clergie
)
are
almost
hyd
from
the
eies
of
men
.
We
offer
to
ieopard
our
liues
for
the
saluation
of
your
soules
,
and
by
manifest
scriptures
to
proue
that
religion
,
which
amongest
you
is
mentained
by
fier
and
sworde
,
to
be
vaine
,
fals
and
diabolical
.
We
require
nothing
of
you
,
but
that
paciently
ye
will
heare
our
doctrine
,
which
is
not
oures
,
but
is
the
doctrine
of
saluation
reuealed
to
the
world
by
the
onlie
sonne
of
God
:
But
yet
I
think
ye
doubt
,
For
God
doth
not
only
punishe
the
chefe
offenders
,
but
with
them
doth
he
damne
the
consenters
to
iniquitie
:
Sleap
not
in
syn
,
for
vengeance
is
prepared
against
all
inobedient
.
Flie
from
Babylon
,
if
ye
will
not
be
partakers
of
her
plages
.
Be
witnesse
to
my
appellation
.
Grace
be
with
you
.
From
Geneua
The
14.
of
Iuly
,
1558.
Your
brother
to
commaunde
in
godlines
IOHN
KNOXE
.
AN
ADMONITION
TO
ENGLAND
AND
Scotland
to
call
them
to
repentance
,
written
by
Antoni
Gilby
.
Where
as
many
haue
written
many
profitable
admonitions
to
you
twaine
,
(
O
England
and
Scotland
,
both
makinge
one
Iland
most
happie
,
if
you
could
know
your
own
happines
)
somme
against
the
regiment
of
women
,
wherewith
ye
are
bothe
plaged
,
somme
against
vnlauful
obedience
,
and
the
admitting
of
strangers
to
be
your
kinges
,
somme
declaring
the
vile
nature
of
the
Spaniards
,
whome
thou
,
o
England
,
to
thy
destruction
mainteinest
,
somme
the
pryde
of
the
Frenchmen
,
whome
thou
,
o
Scotland
,
to
thy
ruine
receauest
:
and
many
hundrethes
with
penne
,
with
tonge
,
with
worde
,
with
writing
,
with
ieopardie
and
losse
of
landes
,
goods
,
and
lyues
,
haue
admonished
you
bothe
twaine
of
that
cankred
poyson
of
papistrie
,
that
ye
foster
and
pamper
to
your
own
perdition
,
and
vtter
destruction
of
soules
and
bodies
,
of
your selues
and
yours
for
now
and
euer
.
I
thoght
it
my
duetie
(
seing
your
destruction
to
mans
iudgement
to
draw
so
neare
)
how
much
or
litle
so
euer
they
haue
preuailed
,
yet
once
againe
to
admonishe
you
both
,
to
giue
testimonie
to
that
trueth
,
which
my
brethren
haue
written
,
and
specially
to
stirre
your
hearts
to
repentance
,
or
at
the
least
to
offre
my selfe
a
witnesse
against
you
:
for
the
iustice
of
God
and
his
righteous
iudgementes
,
which
doubtles
(
if
your
hearts
be
hardned
)
against
you
both
are
at
hand
to
be
vttered
.
Thus
by
our
writings
,
whome
it
pleaseth
God
to
styrre
vp
of
your
nations
,
all
men
,
that
now
liue
,
and
that
shall
comme
after
vs
,
shall
haue
cause
also
to
praise
the
mercie
of
God
,
that
so
oft
admonisheth
before
he
do
stryke
,
and
to
consider
his
iust
punyshment
,
when
he
shall
pourefurth
his
vengeance
.
Giue
eare
therefore
betymes
,
O
Britanie
(
for
of
that
name
both
reioyseth
)
whiles
the
Lord
calleth
,
exhorteth
,
and
admonisheth
,
that
is
the
acceptable
tyme
,
when
he
will
be
founde
.
Yf
ye
refuse
the
tyme
offred
,
ye
can
not
haue
it
afterward
thogh
with
teares
(
as
did
Esau
)
ye
do
seme
to
seke
it
.
Yet
once
againe
in
goddes
behalfe
I
do
offre
you
the
verie
meanes
,
which
if
God
of
his
mercies
graunte
you
grace
to
folow
,
I
doubt
nothing
but
that
of
al
your
ennemies
spedely
ye
shall
be
deliuered
.
Ye
reioyce
at
this
word
,
I
am
sure
,
if
ye
haue
ani
hope
of
the
perfourmance
.
Then
harken
to
the
matter
,
which
I
do
write
vnto
you
not
furth
of
mennes
dreames
nor
fables
,
not
furth
of
prophane
histories
painted
with
mannes
wisdome
,
vaine
eloquence
,
or
subtile
reasons
,
but
furth
of
the
infallible
trueth
of
goddes
worde
,
and
by
such
plaine
demonstrations
,
as
shall
be
able
to
conuince
euerie
one
of
your
owne
consciences
,
be
he
neuer
so
obstinate
.
I
will
aske
no
further
iudges
.
Is
not
this
goddes
curse
,
and
threatninge
amongest
many
other
pronounced
against
the
sinfull
land
and
disobedient
people
?
That
strangers
should
deuoure
the
frute
of
thy
land
,
And
doth
not
Esaie
recken
this
also
as
the
extremitie
of
all
plages
for
the
wickednes
of
the
people
to
haue
women
raised
vp
to
rule
ouer
you
?
Your
handes
are
full
of
blood
,
saieth
he
,
O
you
princes
of
Sodom
,
and
you
people
of
Gomorrha
,
but
washe
you
,
make
you
cleane
,
take
away
your
wicked
thoghts
furth
of
my
sight
.
Cease
to
do
euil
,
learn
to
do
well
,
seke
iudgement
,
help
the
oppressed
&c.
Then
will
I
turn
my
hand
to
the
,
and
trie
owt
all
thy
drosse
,
and
take
away
thy
tynne
,
and
I
will
restore
thy
iudges
,
as
afore
tyme
,
and
counsilours
,
as
of
old
.
And
Moses
said
before
in
the
place
alledged
.
That
if
thou
wilt
heare
the
voice
of
the
Lorde
thy
God
,
The
Lorde
calleth
to
fasting
(
saieth
the
prophete
Esaie
)
to
mortifie
them selues
,
and
to
kill
their
lustes
,
but
they
kill
shepe
and
bullockes
.
Ieremie
crieth
for
teares
and
lamentation
,
they
laughe
and
mock
.
Malachie
crieth
to
the
people
of
his
tyme
,
Turne
vnto
me
and
I
will
turne
to
you
,
saieth
the
Lorde
of
hostes
,
and
they
proudly
answer
,
wherein
shall
we
returne
?
Are
ye
not
suche
?
Do
not
ye
aske
wherein
shall
we
returne
,
when
ye
will
not
know
your
sinnes
?
when
ye
can
not
confesse
,
nor
acknolledge
your
faultes
,
thoghe
ye
go
a
hooringe
in
euerie
street
,
towne
and
village
with
your
idols
?
thoghe
the
blood
of
the
oppressed
crie
euerie
where
against
you
for
vengeance
?
So
that
seyng
no
token
of
repentance
I
can
not
crie
vnto
you
with
Iohn
Baptist
,
Qye
generation
of
vipers
who
hath
taught
you
to
flie
from
the
wrathe
to
comme
?
O
that
I
might
see
so
good
tokens
,
that
ye
would
fear
goddes
wrathe
and
vengeance
.
But
this
must
I
say
to
you
bothe
to
your
confusion
,
and
shame
,
that
ye
are
such
vipers
and
serpentes
,
vntil
I
see
better
tokens
.
You
do
what
ye
can
to
destroy
your
parentes
,
you
cast
of
God
your
heauenlie
father
,
ye
will
not
fear
hym
calling
you
to
repentance
,
you
destroy
and
banishe
your
spiritual
fathers
,
which
once
had
begotten
you
as
spiritual
children
by
the
worde
of
trueth
,
you
consume
your
countree
,
which
hath
geuen
you
corporal
life
,
you
stinge
with
tounges
and
tayles
all
,
that
would
draw
you
from
your
wickednes
.
Finally
man
,
woman
,
and
childe
are
either
venemed
with
your
poysons
or
stingged
with
your
tayles
.
In
you
are
fulfilled
the
wordes
of
Dauid
.
Their
throte
is
an
open
sepulchre
,
with
theyr
tounges
they
haue
deceiued
,
the
poyson
of
aspis
is
vnder
their
lippes
,
their
mouthes
are
full
of
curse
and
bitternes
,
their
fete
are
swift
to
shedd
blood
,
destruction
and
wretchednes
are
in
their
wayes
,
and
the
way
of
peace
they
haue
not
knowen
,
the
feare
of
God
is
not
before
there
eyes
,
&c.
I
do
know
your
tendre
eares
,
you
can
not
be
grated
with
such
sharpe
sentences
of
condemnation
,
that
thus
prick
you
to
the
hearts
:
howbeit
thus
it
behoueth
,
that
ye
be
taught
to
iudge
your selues
,
that
in
the
end
ye
be
not
damned
with
the
wicked
world
.
But
I
will
wounde
you
no
more
with
the
words
of
the
Prophetes
,
with
the
sayinges
of
Dauid
,
or
of
this
holy
sainct
of
God
Iohn
the
Baptist
,
but
with
our
sauiour
Christs
two
most
swete
parables
of
the
two
sonnes
and
of
the
tilme
,
to
whome
he
set
his
vineyard
,
I
will
labour
to
set
before
your
eyes
your
rebellion
,
hypocrisie
,
and
crueltie
,
if
so
I
can
bring
any
of
you
to
repentance
.
Our
sauiour
Christe
putteth
furth
this
parable
,
A
certaine
man
had
two
sonnes
,
and
he
came
to
the
first
,
and
said
sonne
go
and
worke
to
day
in
my
vineyard
.
Who
answered
,
I
will
not
,
but
afterward
repented
and
went
.
Then
came
he
to
the
second
,
and
said
likewise
,
and
he
answered
,
I
will
syr
,
but
went
not
.
Wherein
a
wonderful
comforte
first
is
to
be
considered
,
how
the
Lord
our
God
maker
of
heauen
and
earth
doth
humble
him selfe
not
only
to
be
called
a
man
,
a
husband
man
,
a
housholder
,
and
such
like
,
but
he
abaseth
himselfe
of
mercie
to
vs
vile
earth
and
asshes
,
that
his
sonne
becometh
man
to
make
mankynd
glorious
in
his
sight
,
to
make
all
those
,
that
do
not
refuse
his
grace
offred
,
of
the
slaues
of
Satan
his
sonnes
by
adoption
.
You
are
his
sonnes
,
you
are
his
vineyard
,
you
are
as
dear
vnto
hym
,
as
the
apple
of
his
eye
,
as
Moses
speaketh
,
if
you
can
beleue
it
:
he
sweareth
that
you
shall
be
his
inheritance
,
and
he
will
be
yours
,
if
ye
will
only
receiue
his
grace
and
beleue
hym
,
when
he
sweareth
.
Will
ye
call
his
trueth
into
doubt
?
his
glorie
into
shame
by
your
misbelefe
?
Better
it
were
,
that
all
creatures
should
perish
,
heauen
,
man
and
angels
,
then
that
God
should
not
haue
credit
,
or
that
his
glorie
in
the
least
iote
should
be
diminished
.
He
hath
called
you
by
his
worde
now
many
a
tyme
to
worke
in
his
vineyard
,
I
aske
what
you
haue
answered
:
your
conscience
can
witnesse
and
all
the
world
seeth
it
.
Some
of
you
haue
said
plaine
lyke
rebellious
children
,
that
ye
would
not
do
it
,
that
ye
would
not
worke
in
your
fathers
vineyarde
.
Shall
I
applie
this
part
to
Scotland
?
I
may
right
well
do
it
,
and
also
to
a
greate
parte
in
England
.
But
Scotland
in
dede
called
most
plainely
and
euidently
through
the
mercies
of
God
both
by
their
own
faithfull
countrie
men
,
and
also
by
earnest
trauail
of
our
English
nation
to
comme
to
the
Lords
vineyard
in
the
tyme
of
king
Edward
,
hath
to
the
domage
of
both
continually
refused
,
as
the
conscience
of
many
this
day
beareth
witnesse
.
That
tyme
,
as
ye
know
,
the
vineyarde
in
England
by
the
children
of
God
was
not
all
togither
neglected
,
and
then
most
earnestly
were
ye
(
O
Brethren
of
Scotland
)
required
to
ioyne
handes
with
vs
in
the
Lords
worke
,
but
Satan
alas
would
not
suffer
it
.
His
old
fostred
malice
,
and
Antichrist
his
sonne
could
not
abyde
,
that
Christ
should
grow
so
strong
by
ioynynge
that
i
le
togither
in
perfect
religion
,
whome
God
hath
so
many
waies
coupled
and
strēgthended
by
his
worke
in
nature
:
the
papistes
practised
all
theyr
fyne
craftes
in
England
,
Scotland
,
and
in
France
,
that
the
Ghospellers
should
not
with
so
strong
walles
be
defensed
,
lest
this
one
iland
should
become
a
safe
sanctuarie
,
as
it
began
to
be
,
to
all
the
persecuted
in
all
places
.
They
moue
sturdie
stomackes
,
they
dispens
with
periuries
,
they
worke
by
theyr
craftie
confessions
,
they
raise
vp
warre
in
the
end
,
whereby
ye
(
deare
Brethren
of
Scotland
)
were
sore
plaged
.
Of
all
these
traiterouse
sleghtes
ye
can
not
be
ignorant
.
For
yet
it
is
not
passed
the
memorie
of
man
,
that
your
king
made
promisse
to
haue
mett
king
Henrie
the
eght
att
Yorke
▪
whose
purpose
(
albeit
in
other
things
I
do
not
alow
him
)
in
that
case
was
most
godlie
and
praise
worthie
.
For
it
was
to
make
an
end
of
that
vngodlie
warre
,
and
cruell
murther
,
which
longe
had
continued
betwixt
the
two
realms
.
Your
king
,
I
say
,
made
promisse
to
mete
him
:
the
breche
whereof
as
it
was
the
occasion
of
much
trouble
,
so
is
it
euidently
knowen
,
that
your
Cardinal
,
and
his
clergie
laboured
and
procured
the
same
.
For
it
is
not
vnknowen
to
somme
amongest
you
,
how
many
thousand
crownes
the
churchmen
did
promisse
for
maintenance
of
the
warre
,
I
go
father
,
but
yet
he
went
not
at
all
.
For
sence
the
time
,
that
I
had
any
remembrance
,
our
heauenlie
father
of
his
great
mercies
hath
not
ceased
to
call
the
in
to
his
vineyard
,
and
to
these
late
daies
thou
hast
said
alwayes
,
that
thou
woldest
enter
and
be
obedient
.
In
the
tyme
of
king
Henrie
the
eght
,
when
by
Tyndale
,
Frith
,
Bylnay
,
and
other
his
faithfull
seruantes
God
called
England
to
dresse
his
vineyard
,
many
promised
full
faire
,
whome
I
could
name
.
But
what
frute
folowed
?
nothing
but
bitter
grapes
,
yea
breeres
and
brambles
,
the
wormewood
of
auarice
,
the
gall
of
crueltie
,
the
poison
of
filthie
fornication
,
flowing
from
head
to
foote
,
the
contempt
of
God
and
open
defense
of
the
Cake
Idol
by
open
proclamation
to
be
red
in
the
Churches
in
the
stead
of
goddes
scriptures
.
Thus
was
there
no
reformation
,
but
a
deformation
in
the
tyme
of
that
tyrant
and
lecherous
monster
.
The
bore
I
grante
was
busie
wrooting
and
digging
in
the
earth
,
and
all
his
pigges
,
that
folowed
hym
.
But
they
soght
only
for
the
pleasant
frutes
,
that
they
winded
with
their
longe
snowtes
.
And
for
their
own
bellies
sake
they
wrooted
vp
many
weeds
,
but
they
turned
the
grounde
so
,
mingling
good
and
badd
togither
,
God
graunt
you
all
repentant
heartes
,
for
no
order
nor
state
did
any
part
of
his
duetie
in
those
dayes
.
But
to
speak
of
the
best
,
whereof
ye
vse
to
boast
,
your
religion
was
but
an
English
matyns
,
patched
furthe
of
the
popes
portesse
,
many
thinges
were
in
your
great
booke
supersticious
and
foolishe
,
all
were
driuen
to
a
prescripte
seruice
lyke
the
papistes
,
that
they
should
thinke
theyr
dueties
discharged
,
if
the
nombre
were
said
of
psalmes
and
chapters
.
Finally
there
could
no
discipline
be
broght
into
the
Churche
,
nor
correction
of
maners
.
I
will
touche
no
further
abuses
,
yet
willing
and
desiering
you
to
consider
them
in
your
heartes
,
that
knowing
your
negligence
ye
may
bring
furth
frutes
of
repentance
.
For
this
I
admonishe
you
(
o
ye
people
of
England
)
wheresoeuer
you
be
scattered
or
placed
,
that
onles
ye
do
right
spedely
repent
of
your
former
negligence
,
it
is
not
the
Spanyardes
only
,
that
ye
haue
to
feare
,
as
roddes
of
goddes
wrath
,
but
all
other
nations
,
France
,
Turkie
,
and
Denmarke
,
yea
all
creatures
shall
be
armed
against
you
for
the
contempt
of
those
tymes
,
when
your
heauenlie
father
so
mercifullie
called
you
.
To
what
contempt
was
goddes
worde
and
the
admonition
of
his
prophetes
comme
in
all
estates
,
before
God
did
stryke
,
somme
men
are
not
ignorant
.
The
preachers
them selues
for
the
most
part
could
fynd
no
fault
in
religion
,
but
that
the
Churche
was
poore
and
lacked
liuing
.
Trueth
it
is
,
that
the
abbay
landes
and
other
such
reuenues
,
as
afore
appertained
to
the
papistical
Churche
,
were
most
wickedly
and
vngodly
spent
,
but
yet
many
thinges
would
haue
bene
reformed
,
before
that
the
kitching
had
bene
better
prouided
for
to
our
prelates
in
England
.
It
was
moste
euident
,
that
many
of
you
vnder
the
cloke
of
religion
serued
your
own
bellies
:
somme
were
so
busie
to
heap
benefice
vpon
benefice
,
some
to
labour
in
parlament
for
purchesing
of
lands
,
that
the
tyme
was
small
,
which
coulde
be
founde
for
the
reformation
of
abuses
,
and
very
litle
,
which
was
spent
vpon
the
feeding
of
your
flockes
.
I
nede
not
now
to
examine
particular
crimes
of
preachers
.
Only
I
say
,
that
the
Ghospell
was
so
lightly
estemed
,
that
the
most
part
of
men
thoght
rather
,
that
God
should
bow
and
obey
to
theyr
appetites
,
then
that
they
should
be
subiect
to
his
holie
commaundementes
.
For
the
communes
did
continew
in
malice
,
and
rebellion
,
in
craft
and
subtiltie
,
notwithstanding
all
lawes
,
that
could
be
deuised
for
reformation
of
abuses
.
The
merchants
had
their
own
soules
to
sell
for
gaines
,
the
gentlemen
were
becomme
Nērods
and
Gyants
,
and
the
nobilitie
and
counsile
would
suffer
no
rebukes
of
Gods
messengers
thogh
theyr
offenses
were
neuer
so
manifest
.
Let
those
,
that
preached
in
the
court
,
the
lent
before
king
Edward
deceased
,
speak
theyr
conscience
,
and
accuse
me
,
if
I
lie
,
yea
let
a
writing
written
by
that
miserable
man
,
then
duke
of
Northumberland
to
master
Harlow
for
that
time
Byshoppe
of
Harford
,
be
broght
to
lighte
,
and
it
shall
testifie
,
that
he
ashamed
not
to
say
,
that
the
libertie
of
the
preachers
tonges
would
cause
the
counsile
and
nobilitie
to
ryse
vppe
against
them
:
for
they
could
not
suffer
so
to
be
intreated
.
These
were
the
frutes
euen
in
the
tyme
of
haruest
a
litle
before
the
winter
came
.
And
of
the
tyme
of
Marie
what
should
I
write
?
England
is
now
so
miserable
,
that
no
penne
can
paynt
it
.
It
ceaseth
to
be
in
the
nomber
of
children
,
because
it
openly
dispiteth
God
the
father
.
It
hath
cast
of
the
trueth
knowen
and
confessed
,
and
foloweth
lies
and
errours
,
which
once
it
detested
.
It
buyldeth
the
buylding
,
which
it
once
destroyed
▪
it
raiseth
vp
the
idols
,
which
once
were
there
confounded
:
it
murthereth
the
sainctes
,
it
mainteineth
Baals
prophetes
by
the
commaundement
of
Iesabel
.
Such
are
the
euil
husbandes
,
that
now
haunte
the
vineyard
,
so
that
this
is
true
,
that
our
Sauiour
Christ
,
saieth
:
The
Lord
hym selfe
hath
planted
a
faire
vineyard
,
he
hedged
it
round
about
,
and
buylded
a
toure
,
&c.
And
when
the
tyme
of
the
frute
drew
nere
,
he
sent
his
seruants
to
the
tilmen
to
receyue
the
frutes
thereof
,
but
they
caught
his
seruantes
,
they
bett
one
,
they
killed
an
other
,
and
stoned
others
.
Againe
he
sent
other
seruantes
mo
,
and
they
serued
them
like
wise
.
What
nede
any
exposition
to
applie
this
vnto
England
?
All
is
fulfilled
,
that
is
spoken
in
that
parable
,
onles
they
do
waite
for
the
sonne
hym selfe
,
for
to
comme
,
that
they
may
handle
hym
lykewise
,
as
they
haue
done
his
seruantes
.
But
all
is
one
,
saieth
our
Sauiour
Christ
.
That
,
which
ye
do
to
one
of
these
litle
ons
,
That
the
Lord
of
the
vineyarde
will
cruelly
destroy
those
euill
persons
,
and
will
let
furth
his
vineyarde
vnto
other
husbandes
.
And
the
confirmation
of
the
same
by
the
sentence
of
the
chefe
iudge
,
that
The
kingdome
of
God
shall
be
taken
from
such
,
and
geuen
to
a
people
,
that
shall
bringe
furth
the
frutes
thereof
.
The
which
iudgement
is
begonne
in
Englande
,
and
shortly
alas
will
be
fully
executed
and
finished
without
right
spedie
repentance
.
Somme
hope
is
in
Scotland
,
which
hath
not
shewed
furth
any
such
crueltie
,
and
hath
not
contemned
the
knowen
treasures
:
but
lyke
wanton
children
haue
contemned
the
commaundement
of
theyr
father
,
partely
of
frailtie
,
partely
of
ignorance
.
But
England
the
seruante
,
that
knew
the
will
of
his
Lord
and
maister
,
which
was
once
lightened
with
most
clere
beames
,
which
hath
tasted
of
the
swetenes
of
the
worde
of
God
,
and
of
the
ioyes
of
the
worlde
to
comme
,
which
hath
abiured
Antichrist
,
and
all
idolatrie
,
which
hath
boasted
to
professe
Christ
with
greate
boldnes
before
all
the
worlde
,
must
be
beaten
with
many
stripes
,
it
can
not
be
auoided
.
But
to
be
shorte
this
only
remaineth
for
bothe
these
nations
,
that
they
repent
and
returne
into
the
vineyarde
with
the
fyrst
sonne
.
For
neither
shall
ignorance
excuse
any
land
or
nation
,
as
is
playn
in
the
fyrst
to
the
Romanes
,
neither
can
any
people
be
receyued
without
the
frutes
of
repentance
,
as
Iohn
Baptist
proclaimeth
.
The
frutes
of
repentance
I
call
not
only
to
know
your
synnes
,
and
to
lament
them
,
but
to
amend
your
liues
,
and
to
make
streght
the
Lordes
pathes
by
resisting
Satan
and
synne
,
and
obeying
God
in
doing
the
workes
of
righteousnes
,
and
executing
goddes
praecepts
,
and
iudgementes
,
so
longe
amongest
you
contemned
.
For
euen
now
is
the
axe
put
to
Repent
therefore
,
whiles
ye
haue
tyme
,
before
ye
be
fanned
,
hewen
downe
and
fiered
.
When
I
do
behold
both
your
two
realmes
,
I
see
the
fanne
,
I
see
the
axe
.
But
this
I
am
suer
is
the
begynnyng
of
your
ruine
,
that
ye
do
mary
with
strangers
,
and
giue
your
power
to
forraine
nations
,
such
as
feare
not
God
,
but
are
open
idolaters
,
blasphemers
,
persecuters
of
the
saincts
of
God
,
that
careth
neither
for
heauen
nor
hell
,
God
nor
deuill
,
so
that
they
may
wynne
landes
,
townes
and
countries
.
God
shall
hew
you
downe
by
them
therefore
,
as
he
hath
done
other
nations
by
like
meanes
and
causes
,
and
they
shall
fanne
you
furthe
of
your
own
huskes
and
homes
,
to
make
you
vagaboundes
and
beggars
,
and
after
possesse
your
landes
and
goods
,
as
God
threatned
by
Moses
,
as
was
before
alledged
.
Trust
not
to
thy
strengthe
afterwarde
,
when
thy
ennemy
is
setled
,
if
thou
haue
no
strengthe
to
resist
his
begynnynges
,
no
more
than
thou
canst
ouercome
a
canker
,
that
hath
ouerrunne
many
membres
.
That
God
would
not
haue
you
to
truste
to
your
force
of
men
,
townes
,
or
castels
,
there
is
enough
examples
,
that
you
bothe
haue
felt
to
your
grefe
.
And
I
can
not
write
without
murnyng
.
For
how
litle
auayled
the
multitude
,
and
stowt
courrage
of
you
(
dear
Brethren
of
Scotland
)
att
Musselburgh
,
or
Pinkefield
,
the
carcases
alas
of
many
thousands
,
who
that
day
fell
in
the
edge
of
the
sworde
,
may
teach
you
.
And
how
vaine
be
all
strengthes
,
(
be
they
iudged
neuer
so
stronge
,
or
inexpugnable
)
lett
Calice
lately
taken
admonish
you
.
But
I
do
leaue
such
examples
to
your
considerations
to
teache
you
to
call
to
the
liuinge
Lord
,
who
offereth
hym selfe
,
as
a
mercifull
father
vnto
you
,
still
calling
you
to
repentance
by
wordes
,
by
writinges
,
and
most
gentle
corrections
,
if
ye
will
not
be
harde
harted
.
Yet
here
haue
we
to
lament
the
miserable
state
of
mankynde
,
which
is
so
seduced
by
the
subtile
serpent
,
that
he
can
not
know
his
miserie
,
when
he
is
admonished
,
nor
perceaue
his
perdition
,
when
it
draweth
so
nere
.
When
the
seruantes
of
God
set
furthe
his
trueth
,
they
are
charged
to
trouble
realmes
,
and
countries
,
as
was
Elias
:
when
they
warne
men
not
to
ioyne
handes
with
wicked
kinges
and
princes
,
they
are
counted
traitours
,
as
was
Esaias
and
Ieremias
.
Such
is
mannes
malice
.
But
if
there
be
a
God
,
that
is
fyrst
of
all
to
be
soght
,
and
without
whome
nothing
can
be
profitable
vnto
vs
,
but
without
hym
all
thinges
are
vnhappie
and
accursed
:
if
the
kingdome
of
God
and
the
righteousnes
thereof
must
fyrst
be
soght
,
and
then
all
thinges
shall
be
ministred
:
if
our
heauenlie
kinge
must
before
man
be
obeyed
,
then
all
such
doctrine
,
as
calleth
vs
from
man
to
God
,
is
easie
to
be
perceaued
,
and
oght
not
to
be
resisted
.
Wherefore
I
do
admonish
and
exhorte
you
bothe
in
the
name
of
the
liuinge
God
,
that
how
so
euer
you
haue
hitherto
shewed
your selues
the
seruants
of
men
to
beare
and
to
flatter
with
the
worlde
,
that
now
ye
learne
in
goddes
cause
to
despise
the
faces
of
men
,
to
bend
your selues
against
this
wicked
world
,
neither
regarding
the
visars
of
honours
,
vaine
titles
nor
dignities
any
further
,
then
they
seke
God
his
onelie
glorie
.
For
his
glorie
will
he
not
suffer
to
be
contemned
for
any
cause
.
No
he
will
powre
contempt
on
those
princes
,
that
striue
against
his
trueth
:
but
those
,
that
glorifie
hym
,
will
he
glorifie
.
And
what
king
dome
,
realme
or
nation
so
euer
it
be
,
that
will
not
seke
to
sanctifie
his
name
,
they
shall
in
the
day
of
goddes
greuous
visitation
,
which
is
now
at
hand
,
be
vtterly
confounded
,
theyr
strength
shal
be
straw
,
theyr
honours
shall
be
shame
,
and
all
their
idolatrous
preestes
,
in
whose
lies
they
delyte
,
togither
with
their
idols
,
with
whome
they
are
bewitched
,
shall
be
stubble
and
brymstone
to
burne
togither
,
when
the
wrathe
of
the
Lorde
of
hostes
shall
set
them
on
fier
.
The
preestes
shall
not
saue
theyr
goddes
,
nor
the
goddes
their
worshippers
,
but
both
alike
accursed
shall
then
perish
for
euer
.
And
thoghe
our
mercifull
father
hathe
longe
suffred
heretofore
in
the
tyme
of
ignorance
,
yet
now
in
the
ende
of
the
world
he
calleth
all
people
so
plainely
by
his
worde
to
repentance
,
that
he
must
nedes
take
spedie
vengeance
,
if
his
callinge
be
contemned
:
especially
because
the
day
can
not
longe
be
delayed
,
wherein
he
hath
determined
to
iudge
all
people
and
nations
of
the
whole
world
,
and
to
put
an
end
to
wickednes
.
Wherefore
to
conclude
,
behold
,
your
onlie
remedie
remaineth
to
repent
your
tyme
of
ignorance
,
of
stubburnnes
,
of
crueltie
,
of
idolatrie
,
wherein
ye
haue
so
long
continued
.
And
now
with
all
diligence
to
seke
for
knolledge
of
the
worde
of
God
,
and
openly
to
professe
the
Ghospell
,
which
is
the
power
of
God
,
whereof
ye
oght
not
to
be
ashamed
.
Cease
at
the
last
from
your
olde
stubburnnes
,
wherbie
ye
haue
deserued
vengeance
,
and
labour
in
the
vineyarde
with
all
mekenes
,
that
ye
may
receaue
mercie
and
grace
:
cease
from
your
crueltie
against
Christes
membres
,
and
learne
to
suffer
for
Christes
sake
,
if
ye
will
be
true
Christians
:
banishe
all
idolatrie
and
popishe
superstition
from
amongest
you
,
els
can
ye
haue
no
parte
in
Christes
kingdome
,
no
more
then
Christ
can
be
partaker
with
Antichrist
.
Pray
to
the
Lorde
of
hostes
and
armies
to
giue
you
the
courrage
,
strengthe
,
and
meanes
.
The
Lords
arme
is
not
shortened
now
,
no
more
then
of
olde
.
Be
stronge
therefore
in
the
Lord
for
the
defence
of
the
trueth
,
thogh
all
the
worlde
ryse
against
itt
.
Now
when
the
battaile
is
fierce
against
the
liuinge
God
for
dead
idols
,
(
euen
for
the
vile
wafercake
,
the
most
vaine
idol
,
that
euer
was
)
against
the
Ghospel
of
Christe
for
the
inuentions
of
Antichrist
,
against
Christes
membres
for
Popishe
ceremonies
,
can
any
of
you
,
that
wil
be
compted
gods
children
,
styll
halt
of
bothe
handes
?
If
that
cake
baked
in
yron
tonges
,
not
able
to
abyde
a
blast
of
winde
,
be
the
aeternal
God
,
folow
it
:
but
if
he
only
be
God
,
that
hath
created
the
heauens
,
abhorre
suche
vile
idols
,
that
haue
no
force
to
saue
them selues
:
if
Christes
Ghospel
and
doctrine
be
sufficient
to
saluation
,
and
by
receauing
of
it
ye
are
called
Christians
,
away
with
all
Antichristes
inuentions
broght
into
your
Romish
churches
:
if
you
hope
to
haue
any
parte
with
Christ
,
cherishe
his
membres
and
maintaine
them
against
theire
ennemies
the
papistes
,
and
the
bishoppe
of
Rome
the
verie
Antichriste
.
What
strengthe
,
what
force
,
what
power
,
what
counsil
so
euer
ye
haue
of
God
,
bende
all
to
this
ende
and
purpose
,
as
ye
wyll
make
answere
to
your
heauenvly
king
for
the
talent
receaued
.
If
you
haue
no
regarde
of
those
principal
pointes
,
which
only
,
or
chiefly
should
be
before
your
eyes
,
go
to
with
your
forraine
mariages
,
ioyne
France
to
Scotland
,
and
Spayne
to
England
,
if
it
be
possible
,
yet
shall
ye
all
be
confounded
.
The
Lord
shall
plage
you
one
with
an
other
,
vntill
you
be
consumed
,
your
strength
,
wherein
ye
trust
,
shall
be
shaken
to
naught
,
your
courrage
shal
be
cowardise
,
your
wisdom
shall
be
folie
,
and
the
Lord
of
hostes
by
your
ruine
and
destruction
will
be
renowmed
and
praised
,
and
his
iust
iudgements
through
owt
the
earth
shal
be
honoured
and
feared
.
Where
of
the
contrarie
if
you
will
maintaine
Gods
trueth
in
the
earthe
,
he
will
receaue
you
as
his
children
into
the
heauens
,
if
you
confesse
his
Christe
before
this
wicked
generation
,
Christ
shall
confesse
you
before
his
father
in
the
heauens
,
in
the
presence
of
his
angels
.
But
if
you
persiste
stubburnly
to
banishe
goddes
worde
,
and
his
sonne
Christ
in
his
membres
furth
of
your
earthlie
kyngdomes
,
how
can
ye
loke
for
any
parte
in
his
heauenlie
king
dome
?
muche
more
if
ye
continue
to
murther
his
messingers
,
what
can
ye
loke
for
emongst
your selues
,
but
that
ye
shoulde
digge
one
in
anothers
bellie
to
be
your
own
murtherers
?
So
that
if
ye
wil
stil
remaine
after
all
these
admonitions
in
your
murthers
and
idolatries
,
be
suer
,
that
in
this
worlde
ye
shall
haue
enoghe
of
your
idolatries
,
and
you
shal
be
filled
with
blooddy
murthers
and
in
the
end
ye
shall
be
iudged
without
the
gates
of
the
heuenlie
Ierusalem
amongest
the
dogges
,
Lo
here
is
the
choise
of
life
and
deathe
,
of
miserie
and
welthe
offred
vnto
you
by
gods
mercies
,
and
the
meanes
how
yow
may
winne
goddes
fauour
opened
,
wherebie
onely
ye
may
preuaile
against
your
ennemies
.
God
graunte
you
heartes
to
answer
as
the
people
did
to
Iosua
offering
the
lyke
choyse
.
And
we
your
banished
brethren
by
the
power
of
God
to
prouoke
you
forward
,
will
thus
pronounce
with
Iosua
.
That
we
and
our
families
will
serue
the
Lorde
God
,
thoghe
all
nations
runne
to
Idols
,
thoghe
all
people
do
persecute
vs
.
We
knowe
that
Satan
hathe
but
a
shorte
tyme
to
rage
,
and
that
Christe
our
captaine
right
spedely
will
crowne
his
souldiours
,
to
whome
,
as
he
is
the
eternal
God
with
his
father
,
be
all
honour
and
glorie
for
euer
and
euer
.
So
be
it
.