[252] In some copies, "his holy body."
[253] In the old printed copies, "gif the teacher plainly teach, &c. befoir God."
[254] Supplied from MS. G; but the old printed copies also read, "by the Evangelistis, and by Sanct Paule;" omitting the word "three."
[255] In the old printed copies, "preach, magnifie, and prayse."
[256] In the old printed copies, "to sic onlie as be of the houshald."
[257] In the old printed copies, "conservatioun."
[258] In the old printed copies, "in executioun."
[259] In the old printed copies, "the trew Kirk; we meane not that every."
[260] This clause, omitted by Knox's amanuensis, is not contained in Vautr. edit., or in the later MSS.
[261] In the old printed copies of the Confession, "cleif," "cleve," or "cleave to."