y. Works and IJferature. — Besides the Geneva Bible and occasional pamphlets, John Knox wrote. History of the Reformation of Religion tcit/iin the Reahn of Scot- land from 1422 to 15G7 (Lond. 1G44, folio; Edinb. 1732, folio). His ]Vo)-ks have been collected and edited by Duv. Laing (Edinb. 184G, 8vo). See M'Crie, Life of John Knox (Edinb. 1814, and often since); Ch. Nie- meycr, Knox Leben (Lpz. 1824, 8vo) ; T. Brandes, Life of John Knox (London, 1863) ; Hetherington, //is^ q/ Ch. of Scotland ; Burton, IJist. of Scotland, particularly ch. xxxviii; Ty tier, //«*Y. o/' ,Sco//awf/, vols, vi and vii ; Hartiwick, IIij<t. of the Reformation, p. 142 sq. ; Russell, Ch. in ScotlanJ; Ilallam, Const. Hist. Engl, i, 140, note, 171, 280; iii, 210; Fronde, Hist, of Engl. vols, iv, v, vi, vii, ix, and x, and his Studies on ()reat Subjects, series i and ii ; Edinb. Rev. xcv, 236 sq. ; Westminster Rev. xli, 37 sq. ; London Qu. Rev. ix, 418 sq. ; Ixxxv, 148 sq. ; J/eth. (pi. Rrr. ii, 325 sq. ; Edinb. Rev. July, 1853. (T.W. C.)
Knox, John (2), D.D., an American divine of the Reformed (I)utcli) Church, was born in 1700 near Gct- tysl)iirgh. Pa., grathiated at Dickinson College in 1811, studied theology under Dr. Joint iNI. Mason in New York, was licensed to preach by flic Associate Reformed Presbytery of Pliiladelphia in 1815, became pastor of the Collegiate Reformed Dutch Cluirch, New York, in 181fi, and remained there until his deatli in 1858. This brief chronological record covers the life and ministry of one of the most eminent and useful of American pas- tors. Witliout the rare gift of jiopular eloquence, he was remarkable for clearness of thought and (xu-ity of diction, for comprehensive and instructive discourses, and for jjractical usefulness. 'I'he best designation of Lis character is that of its completeness. He was a ju-
dicious counsellor, a safe guide, a devout believer, and a model pastor. In the ecclesiastical assemblies of the Church he was often a conspicuous leader. In the American Tract Society, with which he was for many j'ears closely identified as a member of its executive committee, he did much to shai^e the policy and direct the publications of that grand catholic institution. He was active in many other public charities of the coun- trj'. Dr. Knox puljlished a number of occasional ser- mons, among Avhich, those on " I'arental Responsibility" and on '• Parental Solicitude" are worthy of particidar notice. He was also the author of several useful tracts and addresses, and w\is a frequent contributor to the re- ligious newspapers. He was, m respect of piety, a very Barnabas, " a son of consolation," " fidl of faith and of the Holy Ghost." — Memorial Sermon, by Dr. Thomas De Witt ; Sprague, Annals, vol. ix. (W. J. R. T.)
Knox.Vicesimus, D.D., a distinguished English writer and divine, l)orn at Newington Green, Middlesex, Dec. 8, 1752, was a son of the Rev.Yicesimus Knox, LLB., fellow of St. John's College, Oxford, and head master of Merchant Taylors' School, London. Yoimg Yicesimus Knox was also educated.at St. John's College, Oxford, and in 1778 was elected master of Tunbridge School, Kent, where he remained some thirty-three years, and was then succeeded by his eldest son. He was also rector of RumweU and Ramsden Crays, in Es- sex, and minister of the chapelry of Shipboume, in Kent. In the latter part of his life he resided in Lon- don. He was much admired as a preacher, and fre- quently gave his aid in behalf of public charities by de- livering a sermon. He died while on a visit to his son at Tunbridge, Sept. 6, 1821. Dr. Knox's chief theolog- ical works were : 1. Essays, Moral and Literary (Lond. 1777, 12mo, anonjTnously ; republished in 1778, with additional essays, m 2 vols. 12mo : manj' additions have been since published) : — 2. Liberal Education, or a prac- tical Treatise on the Methods of acquiring useful and po- lite Learning (1781, 8vo; enlarged in 1785 to 2 vols. 8vo) : this work was chiefly intended to point out the defects of the system of education in the English uni- versities, and is said to have had some effect in produ- cing a reformation : — 3. Sermons intended to j^romote Euith, Hope, and Charity (1792, 8vo) : — 4. Christian Philosophy, or an A ttempt to display the Evidence and Excellence of Revealed Religion (1795, 2 vols. 12mo) : — 5. Considerations on the Nature and Efficacy of the LorcVs SupiJer (1799, 12mo). He also published occa- sional sermons and pamphlets. Dr. Knox's writings were once much esteemed. His style has considerable neatness and elegance, but he has little originality or power of thought, and his popularity has for some years been gradually decreasing. They have been reprinted under the style Works (Lond. 1824, 7 vols. 8vo). — Engl. Cyclop, s. V. ; Allibone, Diet, of English and A merican A uthors, vol. ii, s. v.
Knutzen, Martin, a German writer and philoso- pher of the Leibnitz- Wolfian school, was born in Kiinigs- berg, Prussia, in 1713, and held a professorship of jihi- losophy in the university of his native place. He died there in 1751. His most important work is Von der im- mdteriellen Natur d. Seek (Frankfort, 1744, 8vo). See Krug, Philosopih. Worterb. ii, G27.