John Knox : the hero of the Scottish Reformation . no member of Assembly ex-pected the Queen herself to renounce the mass;but it was regarded as important at this junctureto remind both Court and nation that the rite wasillegal; and to the Assemblys testimony may,perhaps, be attributed the withdrawal of Darnleyfrom the chapel, after his marriage, when masswas about to be celebrated. Three weeks later,with a view, presumably, to propitiate Protestants,yet without renouncing Romanism, the youngKing attended service in St. Giles. Knoxs ser-mon did not tempt him to return. He heardhis own and the
John Knox : the hero of the Scottish Reformation . no member of Assembly ex-pected the Queen herself to renounce the mass;but it was regarded as important at this junctureto remind both Court and nation that the rite wasillegal; and to the Assemblys testimony may,perhaps, be attributed the withdrawal of Darnleyfrom the chapel, after his marriage, when masswas about to be celebrated. Three weeks later,with a view, presumably, to propitiate Protestants,yet without renouncing Romanism, the youngKing attended service in St. Giles. Knoxs ser-mon did not tempt him to return. He heardhis own and the Queens co-religionists repeatedlydescribed as pestilent Papists. A parallel alsoappeared to be suggested by the preacher betweenDarnley and Ahab, between Mary and Jezebel:and a significant reference was made to boys andwomen being sent as tyrants and scourges toplague the people for their sins. 2 1 Calderw., H. of Kirk, ii., 287-289., 2 The sermon was published, and is contained in Laing,W. of K., vi., 233-273. In the evening of the day on which. The Pulpit in the Greyfriars Church, Stirling, from which Knox preached the sermon on the occasion of the Coronation of James VI., in 1567. (Now in a side-room of the church.) 1568] Protestant Depression 3°9 If we are inclined to think that the Churchmight have been more tolerant, and Knox moreconciliatory, it is fair to remember that Scotlandwas then passing through an ecclesiastical crisis,and that the very existence of the Scottish Re-formed Church appeared to be at stake. Con-tinental Catholic powers were laying aside mutualjealousies, and were prepared to unite in accom-plishing the suppression of Thenumerous and powerful Catholics in the northernEnglish counties were believed to be ready Mary had succeeded in drivingfrom her Court and Council the more zealous Pro-testant statesmen, and in replacing them with he had preached, Knox was summoned from his bed beforethe Privy Council, at royal instig
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