So the terms _were_ in favour of the Regent, after all is said and done! {160b} God had let the brethren fall, Knox said, into their present condition because they put their trust in man--in the Duke--a noble whose repentance was very dubious.
Then Knox rose to the height of the occasion.

"Yea, whatsoever becomes of us and our mortal carcases, I doubt not but that this Cause (in despite of Satan) shall prevail in the realm of Scotland.

For as it is the eternal truth of the eternal God, so shall it once prevail.

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." Here we have the actual genius of Knox, his tenacity, his courage in an uphill game, his faith which might move mountains.