The life of John Knox by Thomas M'Crie (Available from Amazon or free here) - Continue Period 6 by reading up to the paragraph beginning 'In the month of May, the queen sent for Knox to Lochlevin.'
A good portion of today's reading is also taken up with relating a debate between the Reformers and the Papists concerning the Lord's Supper.
Now here's a minister who doesn't know when to stop: 'In this church, Knox had, since 1560, performed all the parts of ministerial duty, without any other assistant but John Cairns, who acted as reader. He preached twice every Sabbath, and thrice on other days of the week. He met regularly once every week with the kirk-session for discipline, and with the assembly of the neighbourhood, for the exercise on the Scriptures. He attended, besides, the meetings of the provincial Synod and General Assembly; and at almost every meeting at the last mentioned court, he received an appointment to visit and preach in some distant part of the country. These labours must have been oppressive to a constitution which was already much impaired; especially as he did not indulge in extemporaneous effusions, but devoted a part of every day to study. His parish were sensible of this; and in April 1562, the Town Council came to an unanimous resolution to solicit John Craig, the minister of Canongate, or HolyroodHouse, to undertake the half of the charge.'
Thankfully his church was good to him - some churches would simply add to the poor minister's load until he snapped.
Conclude Period 6.
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