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— John Knox skotský duchovní, spisovatel a historik 1514 - 1572
Originál: (en) As touching nature, I was a worm of this earth, and yet a subject of this commonwealth; but as touching the office whereunto it had pleased God to place me, I was a watchman, both over the realm and over the kirk of God gathered within the same; by reason whereof I was bound in conscience to blow the trumpet publicly.
Zdroj: [M'Gavin, William, The History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland, by John Knox; to which are Appended, Several Other Pieces of His Writing; Including the First Book of Discipline, Complete, and His Dispute with the Abbot of Crossraguel, Not Given with Any Former Edition. With a Memoir, Historical Introduction, and Notes, https://books.google.cz/books?id=XepiAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=cs&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false, Blackie & Fullarton, Glasgow, 1831, 581, 298, angličtina]