While Calvin’s appeal was to the mind, Knox’s appeal was to the heart. That does not mean that Knox was simply an emotional rabble-rouser, as some people have presented him. Knox was far more. Like Calvin, Knox was a studying preacher. He knew how to search out the meaning of the text and make it speak to the problems of the day. For Knox a careful exposition of the text was essential to a sermon. For this reason Knox could awaken the conscience in a way that a simple emotional appeal could never do.
