John Knox : the hero of the Scottish Reformation . roughout life that he found in his newsphere not a haven of rest, but a sea of troubles.Frankfort became the scene of a contention whichpresented a forecast in miniature of the conflictbetween Puritanism and Anglicanism. The Eng-lish congregation, with mingled generosity andself-importance, had written to other refugeecommunities, informing them of the privilegeswhich they enjoyed, and inviting exiles to jointhem. Negotiations commenced with the Eng-lish at Zurich; but a service-book which Knoxand his friends had drawn up for congregationaluse

John Knox : the hero of the Scottish Reformation . roughout life that he found in his newsphere not a haven of rest, but a sea of troubles.Frankfort became the scene of a contention whichpresented a forecast in miniature of the conflictbetween Puritanism and Anglicanism. The Eng-lish congregation, with mingled generosity andself-importance, had written to other refugeecommunities, informing them of the privilegeswhich they enjoyed, and inviting exiles to jointhem. Negotiations commenced with the Eng-lish at Zurich; but a service-book which Knoxand his friends had drawn up for congregationaluse

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John Knox : the hero of the Scottish Reformation . roughout life that he found in his newsphere not a haven of rest, but a sea of troubles.Frankfort became the scene of a contention whichpresented a forecast in miniature of the conflictbetween Puritanism and Anglicanism. The Eng-lish congregation, with mingled generosity andself-importance, had written to other refugeecommunities, informing them of the privilegeswhich they enjoyed, and inviting exiles to jointhem. Negotiations commenced with the Eng-lish at Zurich; but a service-book which Knoxand his friends had drawn up for congregationaluse,2 on the basis of the Liturgies of Calvin andof Pullain, stood in the way. These exiles wereunwilling to set aside the Prayer-book of Edward,to which they had been accustomed at home,and which their Protestant brethren in Englandcontinued to use at the peril of their lives. Therefugees at Strassburg were somewhat more ac-commodating; but they made it a condition of 1 Knox, H. of R., i., 231, 232. 2 A. F. Mitchell, Scott. Ref., p. 124. h> :-l. * ^ ^