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I transcribed an interesting letter, which I hope some of you will enjoy seeing, from John Knox to John Foxe (Author of Acts and Monuments of these Latter and Perillous Days, Touching Matters of the Church and commonly called Foxe's Book of Martyrs)
I have sought only to preserve the punctuation, modernize the spelling, except for the Names which I left as spelled in the original. Scroll down in the Scroll box to see the complete txt.
I have sought only to preserve the punctuation, modernize the spelling, except for the Names which I left as spelled in the original. Scroll down in the Scroll box to see the complete txt.
A Letter Addressed to John Foxe at Basil
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The mighty comfort of the Holy Ghost for salutation.
Dearly Beloved Brother,
Albeit at the departure of this our brother, from whom I
received your loving and friendly letter, myself could write
nothing by reason of the evil disposition of my body, yet
because I could not suffer him to depart without some
remembrance of my duty to you, I used the help of my left
hand, that is my Wife, in scribbling these few lines unto you.
As touching my purpose and mind in the publishing the First
Blast of the Trumpet, when the secrets of all hearts shall be
disclosed, that shall be known which now by many cannot be
persuaded, to wit, that therein I neither have sought myself,
neither yet the vain praise of men. My rude vehemence and
inconsidered affirmations, which may appear rather to proceed
from color than of zeal and reason, I do not excuse; but to
have used any other title more plausible, thereby to have
allured the world by any art, as I have never purposed, so do I
not yet purpose; to me it is enough to say that black is not
white, and man’s tyranny and foolishness is not God’s perfect
ordinance; which thing I do, not so much to correct
commonwealths as to deliver my own conscience, and to instruct
the consciences of some simple, who yet I fear be ignorant in that
matter: but further of this I delay to better opportunity.
Salute your Wife and daughter heartily in my name. The grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ rest with you now an ever.
From Geneva, the 18 of May 1558.
Your Brother to Power.
JOHNE KNOX.
I, your Sister, the writer hereof, saluteth you and your Wife
most heartily, thanking her for her loving tokens which my
Mother and I received from Mrs Kent.
TO HIS LOVING BROTHER, MASTER FOX,
BE THESE DELIVERED AT BASIL.