Quotes from John Knox

The man who stands with God is always in the majority.

All that the Lord thy God commands thee to do, that do thou to the Lord thy God: add nothing to it, diminish nothing from it.' By this rule, think I, the Kirk of Christ will measure God's religion, and not by that which seems good in their own eyes.

Considering myself called of my God to instruct the ignorant, comfort the sorrowful, confirm the weak, and rebuke the proud; by tongue and lively voice in these corrupt days rather than to compose books for the age to come, seeing that so much is written, and yet so little well observed, I decree to contain myself within the bounds of that vocation whereunto I found myself especially called.

No man is so regenerate, but that continually he has need of the means which Christ Jesus has appointed to be used in his kirk.

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.

That where a woman reigneth and papistes beare authoritie, that there must nedes Satan be president of the counsel.

That the Pape is not the successour of Petir, but whare he said, "Go behynd me, Sathan."

Within this realme, during the tyme of this terrible conflict that hes bene betuix the sanctes of God and these bloody wolves who clame to thame selves the titill of clargie, and to have authoritie ower the saules of men; for, with the Pollicey.

Till that it pleased God of his great mercy, in the year of God 1527, to raise up his servand, Maister Patrik Hammyltoun, at whome our Hystorie doith begyn.

Here lies one who feared God so much that he never feared the face of any man.

That we should not pray to the glorious Virgyn Marie, butt to God only.

O Lord Eternal, move and govern my tongue to speak the truth.