Reformation in Scotland by John Knox, edited by C J Guthrie (Available from Amazon or free here)
This week Mary arrives in Edinburgh and shocks the Reformed ministers by celebrating the mass.
Then the General Assembly of 1561 is held and the Book of Discipline is a primary subject of contention.
Then we hear about the marriage of the Earl of Moray. Knox was the preacher at the ceremony.
I found interesting the fragment we read of Knox's sermon at the wedding of the Earl of Moray: 'The marriage was public in St. Giles, the Church of Edinburgh; and in the marriage they both got an admonition to behave themselves moderately in all things ; 'For,' said the preacher [John Knox] to him, 'unto this day the Kirk of God hath received comfort by you, and by your labours ; in which if hereafter ye shall be found fainter than ye were before, it will be said that your wife hath changed your nature.''
What a responsibility for the Earl's poor wife!
Read Chapter 3 of Book 4.
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