"The testimony of scripture is so plain that……" — John Knox
"The testimony of scripture is so plain that to add anything were superfluous, were it not that the world is almost now come to that blindness, that whatsoever pleases not the princes and the multitude, the same is rejected as doctrine newly forged, and is condemned for heresy."
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John Knox
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32 Quotes by John Knox
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No one else holds or has held the place in the heart of the world which Jesus holds. Other gods…
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I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit.
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You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.
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I will keep the ground that God has given me and perhaps in his grace, he will ignite me again.…
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To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion, or empire above any realm, nation, or city, is repugnant to…
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As touching nature I am a worm of this earth, and yet a subject of this commonwealth; but as touching…
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Those who have arrived at any very eminent degree of excellence in the practice of an art or profession have…
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As the world is weary of me so am I of it.
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But hereof be assured, that all is not lawful nor just that is statute by civil laws; neither yet is…
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Let a thing here be noted, that the prophet of God sometimes may teach treason against kings, and yet neither…
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Neither can oath nor promise bind any such people to obey and maintain tyrants against God and against his truth…
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I cannot praise the common superfluity which women now use in their apparel.
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