PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIFTH EDITION. PERIOD I. FROM THE YEAR 1505, IN WHICH HE WAS BORN, TO THE YEAR PERIOD II. FROM THE YEAR 1542, WHEN HE EMBRACED THE REFORMED PERIOD III. FROM THE YEAR 1549, WHEN HE WAS RELEASED FROM THE PERIOD IV. FROM THE YEAR 1554, WHEN HE LEFT ENGLAND, TO THE PERIOD V. FROM THE YEAR 1556, WHEN HE RETURNED TO GENEVA, AFTER PERIOD VI. FROM MAY 1559, WHEN HE FINALLY RETURNED TO SCOTLAND, Transcriber’s Notes The cover image was provided by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. Punctuation has been standardized. This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated with a Transcriber’s Note. Footnotes are identified in the text with a superscript number and have been accumulated in a table at the end of the text. Transcriber’s Notes are used when making corrections to the text or to provide additional information for the modern reader. These notes are not identified in the text, but have been accumulated in a table at the end of the book. Engraved by J. Cochran. JOHN KNOX FROM THE ORIGINAL PICTURE IN THE POSSESSION OF LORD TORPHICHEN. Published by W. Blackwood, Edinburgh, April 10, 1831. LIFE OF JOHN KNOX: CONTAINING ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION IN SCOTLAND. WITH BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE PRINCIPAL REFORMERS, AND SKETCHES OF THE PROGRESS OF LITERATURE IN SCOTLAND DURING THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY; AND AN APPENDIX, CONSISTING OF ORIGINAL PAPERS. By THOMAS M‘CRIE, D.D. THE FIFTH EDITION. VOL. I. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH; AND T. CADELL, STRAND, LONDON. MDCCCXXXI. EDINBURGH: PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND COMPANY, PAUL’S WORK, CANONGATE. |