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

Excerpt from 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 Paper A work of this kind seemed to be wanting. The name of knox, indeed, often occurs in the general histories of the period, and some of our historians have drawn, with their usual ability, the leading traits of a character with which they could not fail to be struck but it was foreign to their object to detail the events of his life, and it was not to be expected that they would bestow that minute and critical attention on his history, which is necessary to form a complete and accurate idea Of his character. Memoirs of his life have been prefixed to editions of some of his works, and inserted in biographical collections and periodical publications but in many instances their authors were destitute of proper information, and in others they were precluded, by the limits to which they were confined, from entering into those minute state ments which are so useful for illustrating individual character, and which render biography both pleasing and instructive. Nor can it escape observation, that a number of writers have been guilty of great injustice to the memory of our Reformer, and from prejudice, from ignorance, or from inattention, have exhibited a distorted caricature instead of a genuine portrait. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.