===English Channels=John Knox== Letter to Thomas Upcher.<ref>Laing D (1895), "The works of John Knox", vol 4, pp241-244.</ref> The Lord sail wype all teiris frome the eyis of his Sanctis. DEIBLI BELOVIT Brother in our Saviour Jesus Chryst, beyour schort wrytting I persave sumwhat of that battell whilk,during the schort tyme ye war with us, I judgeit yow to fight. .... yf I can not ease any part of your greif, (tiiat is onlie the officeof Chryst Jesus be his Spreit,) yit I prais my God I can lamentand murne with my brother tormentit. Nothing I knaw to bemore dolorous to the hart of the faithfull, then to lack the sensibillfeilling of Godis mercie and gudnes ... and yit as nothing more commounliecumeth to Godis children, so is thair no exercise more profitablefor his soldiaris than is the same. [David, Job and Paul] wer destitut ofthe sensibill feilling of Godis mercie, as I am assured thateverie member of Christis bodie is at a tyme or other.