A Cloud of Witnesses, Part H · Section 21 – Section 22
Hus.
Mr. Iohn Hus preaching at the honourable and very solemn Funeral of three in Prague, Fox Vol. 1. pag. 778.who had been put to death in Prison, for calling the Pope Antichrist, and speaking against Indulgences, at whose Funeral was sung on this wise, These be the Saints which for the Testament of God gave their bodies, &c. much commended them for their constancy, and blest God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who had hid the way of his Verity so from the prudent of the world, and had revealed it to the simple, who chose rather to please God, then man. This occasioned his expulsion out of Prague, being before excommunicated by the Pope.
The Emperour having given safe conduct to Mr. Iohn Hus to come to the general Council at Constance, Pag. 786.he promised to come, professing he was ready alwayes to satisfie all men, which shall require him to give a reason of his faith and hope, &c. and giving notice to all, that could object any error or heresie to him to appear, and not spare him.—
The Twenty sixth day after he came to Constance, Pag. 789▪ 790.two Bishops, &c. were sent to him to bring him before the Pope and his Cardinals: To whom he answered, I am not come to defend my Cause particularly before the Pope and his Cardinals, but to appear before the whole Council, and there answer for my defence openly, &c. unto all such things as shall be demanded, or required of me. Notwithstanding forasmuch as you do require me so to do, I will not refuse to go with you; and if it happen that they evil intreat me, yet nevertheless I trust in my Lord Jesus, that he will so comfort and strengthen me, that I shall desire much rather to die for his glory sake, then to deny the Verity, which I have learned by his holy Scriptures.
When he came to the Cardinals, they told him they had heard that he had taught great and manifest errors through the Realm of Bohemia, &c. You shall understand (answered Mr. Hus) that I am thus minded and affectioned, that I should rather chuse to die, then I should be found culpable of one only error, much less of many and great errors: For this cause I am willingly come to the general Council, to receive correction, if any man can prove any errors in me.
Pag. 791.Some of the Articles presented to the Council against him. — (4) He saith that all Priests be of like power. (8) He holdeth this opinion, That a man being once ordained a Priest or a Deacon, cannot be forbidden or kept back from the office of preaching.
Pag. 799.When several false witnesses rose up against him, he said, Albeit they were as many more in number as they are, I do much more esteem, yea and without comparison regard the witness of my Lord God before the witness of all mine adversaries.
Pag. 800.He being ask'd whether it was lawful for him to appeal unto Christ, answered, Verily I do affirm before you all, that there is no more just, nor effectual plea, then that which is made unto Christ; forasmuch as the Law doth determine, that to appeal is no other thing then in a cause of grief or wrong done by an inferiour Judge to implore and require aid and remedy at an higher Judges hands. Who is then an higher Judge then Christ? Who can know, or judge the matter more justly, or with more equity? In him is found no deceit, nor can he be deceived. Who can better help the miserable and oppressed then he?
It being in his Accusation, that he counsel'd the people to resist with the sword all such as did gainsay his Doctrine, &c. he answered, That he at all times when he preached, did diligently admonish and warn the people, that they should arm themselves to defend the truth of the Gospel, according to the saying of tbe Apostle, With the helmet and sword of salvation; & that he never spake of any material sword, but of that which is the Word of God.
Some more Articles against him, taken out of his Treatise of the Church.Pag. 802. (1) There is but one holy universal, or Catholick Church, which is the universal Company of all the Predestinate. (6) A reprobate man is never a member of the holy Church.Pag. 804. — (18) An Heretick ought not to be committed to the secular powers to be put to death, for it is sufficient that he suffer the Ecclesiastical censure.
In his appeal.Pag. 805. — Forasmuch as the most mighty Lord, One in Essence, Three in Person, is both the chief and first, and also the last and uttermost refuge of all those which are oppressed: — and forasmuch as the Lord Jesus Christ, very God and Man, being compassed in with the Priests, Scribes, and Pharisees, wicked Judges and Witnesses, &c. hath left behind him this godly example for them that shall come after him, to the intent they should commit all their causes into the hand of God.—O Lord behold my affliction, &c. thou art my Protector and Defender. O Lord, thou hast given me understanding, and I have acknowledged thee. —For mine own part I have been as a meek Lamb, which is led unto sacrifice, and have not resisted against them. — Deliver me from mine enemies, for thou art my God.— I appeal to the Sovereign and most just Judge, who is not defiled with cruelty, nor can be corrupted with gifts and rewards, neither yet be deceived by false witness. — I Iohn Hus do present and offer this my appeal to my Lord Jesus Christ,Pag. 806. my just Judge, who knoweth, and defendeth, and justly judgeth every mans just and true cause.
The day before his condemnation, when four Bishops were sent by the Emperour to him, to know whether he would stand to the judgement of the Council,Pag. 816. Mr. Iohn de Clum spake thus unto him: Mr. I. Hus, — I require you, if you know your self guilty of any of those errours which are objected against you, that you will not be ashamed to alter your mind to the will of the Council; if contraiwise, I will be no Author to you that you should do any thing contrary to your conscience, but rather to suffer any kind of punishment, then to deny that which you have known to be the truth. Mr. Hus with tears answered, Verily as before I have oftentimes done, I do take the most High God for my witness, that I am ready with my whole heart and mind, if the Council can instruct me any better by the Scripture to change my purpose. One of the Bishops telling him he should not be so arrogant as to prefer his own opinion before the judgement of the whole Council;Pag. 817. he said, If he which is the meanest or least in all this Council can convict me of errour, I will with an humble heart and mind do whatsoever the Council shall require of me.
Pag. 819.When they condemned his appeal as heretical, he said, O Lord Jesus Christ, whose Word is openly condemned here in this Council, unto thee again do I appeal, which when thou wast evil intreated of thine enemies, didst appeal unto God thy Father, committing thy Cause unto a most just Judge, that by thy example we also, being oppressed with manifest wrongs and injuries, should flee unto thee.
Whilst they were reading his Sentence — He interrupted them often;Pag. 820. and specially when he was charged with obstinacy, he said with a loud voice, I was never obstinate, but as alwayes heretofore, even so now again I desire to be taught by the holy Scriptures; and I do profess my self to be so desirous of the truth, that if I might by one onelyonly word subvert the errours of all Hereticks, I would not refuse to enter into what peril soever it were to speak it.
When the Sentence was ended, kneeling down upon his knees, he said; Lord Jesus Christ, forgive mine enemies, by whom thou knowest that I am falsly accused, &c. forgive them for thy great mercies sake.
When he was degraded, he spake to the people thus; These Lords and Bishops do exhort and counsel me, that I should here confess before you all, that I have erred; the which thing to do, if it might be done with the infamy and reproach of man onelyonly, they might peradventure easily perswade me thereunto, but now truly I am in the sight of the Lord my God, without whose great ignominy and grudge of mine own conscience, I can by no means do that which they require of me. — With what countenance should I behold the Heavens? With what face should I look upon them whom I have taught, whereof there is a great number, if through me it should come to pass that those things, which they have hitherto known to be most certain and sure, should now be made uncertain? Should I by this my example astonish or trouble so many souls, so many consciences, endued with the most firm and certain knowledge of the Scriptures and Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, and his most pure Doctrine, armed against all the assaults of Satan? I will never do it, neither commit any such kind of offence, that I should seem more to esteem this vile carcase appo…nted unto death, then their health and salvation.
When one of the Bishops took from him the Chalice, saying, O cursed Iudas, &c. We take away from thee this Chalice of thy salvation. But I trust (said he) unto God the Father Omnipotent, and my Lord Jesus Christ, for whose sake I do suffer these things, that he will not take away the Chalice of his Redemption, but have a stedfast and firm hope that this day I shall drink thereof in his Kingdome.
The other B…shops took away the Vestments put upon him, and each of them giving him their curse. Whereunto he sa…d, That he did willingly embrace and hear those blasphemies for the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
When the B…shops caused to be made a Crown of Paper, in which were printed three ugly Devils, and this title set over their heads, H…resiarcha, A Ring-leader of an Heresie, and he saw it, he said, My Lord Jesus Christ for my sake did wear a Crown of Thorns, why should not I then for his sake wear this light Crown, be it never so ignominious: Truly I will do it, and that willingly.
When it was set upon his head, the Bishops said, Now we commit thy soul unto the Devil. But I (said Mr. Hus, lifting up his eyes toward Heaven) do commit my Spirit into thy hands, O Lord Jesus Christ, unto thee I commend my Spirit which thou hast redeemed.
Pag. 821.When the people heard his prayers at the Stake, they said, What he hath done afore we know not, but now we see and hear that he doth speak and pray very devoutly and godlily.
After he had prayed some while, being raised by his Tormentors, with a loud voice he said, Lord Jesus assist and help me, that with a constant and patient mind I may bear and suffer this cruel and ignominious death, whereunto I am condemned for the preaching of thy most holy Gospel and Word.
When he beheld the Chain with which his Neck was to be tied to the Stake, he smiling, said, That he would willingly receive the same Chain for Jesus Christs sake, who (he knew) was bound with a far worse Chain.
The Duke of Bavaria, Pag. 822.before the fire was kindled, coming to him, and exhorting him to be mindful of his safeguard, and renounce his errors, he answered; What error should I renounce, whenas I know my self guilty of none? for as for those things that are falsly alledged against me, I know that I never did so much as once think them, much less preach them; for this was the principal end and purpose of my Doctrine, that I might teach all men repentance and remission of sins, according to the verity of the Gospel of Jesus Christ,Clarks first Volume of Lives, pag. 217. and the Exposition of the holy Doctors; wherefore with a cheerful mind and courage I am here ready to suffer death.Leigh's Saints Encouragements in evil times-out of Luther's Pref…ce before Daniel.
He told them at his death, That out of the ashes of the Goose (so Hus in the Bohemian Language signifies) an hundred years after God would raise up a Swan (so Luther in that Language signifies) in Germany, whose singing should affright all those Vultures, and who should escape their burning.
This Prophesie was exactly fulfilled in Lut…er, who rose up just an hundred years after 1415 (the year when Mr. Hus was burnt) and though he so enraged the Pope and his powerful party; he died in his bed.
Pag. 823.In his Letter to the people of Prague. — Be circumspect and watchful, that ye be not circumvented by the crafty trains of the Devil; and the more circumspect ye ought to be, for that Antichrist laboureth the more to trouble you. The last judgement is near at hand, death shall swallow up many, but to the elect children of God, the Kingdome of God draweth near, because for them he gave his own body. Fear not death, love together one another, persevere in understanding the good will of God without ceasing. Let the terrible and horrible Day of Judgement be alwayes before your eyes, that you sin not, and also the joy of eternal life, whereunto you must endeavour. Let the passions of our Saviour be never out of your minds, that you may bear with him and for him gladly whatsoever shall be laid upon you; for if you shall consider well in your minds his Cross, nothing shall be grievous unto you, and patiently you shall give place to tribulations, cursings, rebukes, stripes and imprisonment, and shall not doubt to give your lives for his holy truth, if need require. Know ye, Well Beloved, that Antichrist being stirred up against you, deviseth divers persecutions. — But I am in good hope,Pag. 824. that through the mercy of our God, and by your Prayers, I shall persist strongly in the immutable verity of God unto the last breath. — I commend you to the merciful Lord Jesus Christ, our true God, and the Son of the immaculate Virgin Mary, who hath redeemed us by his most bitter death, without all our merits from eternal pains, from the thraldome of the Devil and from sin.
From Constance, A. 1415.
In his Letter to his Benefactors. — I exhort you by the bowels of Jesus Christ, that now ye setting aside the vanities of this present world, will give your service to the eternal King Christ the Lord. Trust not in Princes, nor in the Sons of men, in whom there is no health; for the Sons of men are dissemblers and deceitful. To day they are, to morrow they perish; but God remaineth for ever. He hath his Servants not for any need he hath of them, but for their own profit, unto whom he performeth that which he promiseth, and fulfilleth that which he purposeth to give. He casteth off no faithful Servant from him; for he saith, Where I am, there also shall my Servant be; yea, the Lord maketh every Servant of his to be the Lord of all his possession, giving himself unto him, and with himself all things. — O happy is that Servant, whom when the Lord shall come, he shall find watching. Happy is the Servant which shall receive that King of Glory with joy. Wherefore well beloved Lords and Benefactors, serve you that King in fear. —
In his Letter to the Lord Iohn de Clum. — The iniquity of the great Strumpet, i. e. of the malignant Congregation (whereof mention is made in the Apucalyps) is detected, and shall be more detected; with the which Strumpet the Kings of the Earth do commit fornication, fornicating spiritually from Christ; and as is there said, sliding back from the truth, and consenting to the lies of Antichrist, through his seduction, and through fear, or through hope of confederacy, forgetting of worldly honour. — I rejoyced to perceive your mind now to give over the vanity and painful service of this present world, and to serve the Lord Jesus Christ quietly at home, whom to serve is to reign, as Gregory saith, whom he that serveth faithfully hath Jesus Christ himself in the Kingdome of Heaven to minister unto him, as himself saith, Blessed is that Servant, whom when the Lord shall come he shall find waking, and so doing. Verily I say unto you, that he rising shall gird himself, and shall minister unto him. This do not the Kings of the world to their Servants. —
In another Letter. — As touching death, God doth know why he doth defer it both to me and to my well beloved Brother Mr. Ierome, who I trust will do holily and without blame, and do know also that now he suffereth more valiantly then I my self a wretched sinner. God hath given us a long time that we may call to mind our sins the better, and repent for the same more fervently. He hath granted us time, that our long and great temptation should put away our grievous sins, and bring the more consolation. He hath given us time, wherein we should remember the horrible rebukes of our merciful King and Lord Jesus, and should ponder his cruel death, and so more patiently may learn to bear our afflictions. And moreover, that we might keep in remembrance how the joyes of the life to come are not given after the joyes of this world immediately, but through many tribulations the Saints have entred into the Kingdome of Heaven; for some of them have been cut and chopt all to pieces, some their eyes bored through, some sod, some roasted, some flain alive, some burned quick, stoned, crucified, grinded between milstones, drawn and haled hither and thither unto Execution, drowned in waters, strangled, and hanged, torn in pieces, vexed with rebukes before death, pined in prisons, and afflicted in bonds: and who is able to recite all the torments and sufferings of the holy Saints, which they suffered under the Old and New Testament, for the verity of God? — And it will be a marvel if any man now shall escape unpunished, who dare boldly resist the wickedness and perversity, especially of those Priests which can abide no correction. —
In another Letter.Pag. 825. — I desire, that if Audience be given me, that the King will be there present himself, &c. And that you Right Noble and Gracious Lord Iohn, with the Lord Henry, and the Lord Wencelaus, &c. if you may, will be present, and hear what the Lord Jesus Christ, my Procurator, and Advocate, and most gracious Judge will put into my mouth to speak, that whether I live or die, you may be true and upright witnesses with me, lest lying lips should say hereafter, that I swerved from the truth which I have preached. —
In another Letter. — My faithful and beloved in Christ, be not afraid with their Sentence in condemning my Books, they shall be scattered hither and thither abroad, like light Butterflies, and their Statutes shall endure as Spider-webs. They were about to shake my constancy from the verity of Christ, but they could not overcome the vertue of God in me. They would not reason with the Scriptures against me, &c. And when I said I was desirous to be instructed, if I did in any thing erre, the chief Cardinal answered, Because thou wouldst be informed, there is no remedy but that thou must first revoke thy Doctrine, according to the determination of fifty Batchelors appointed. O high instruction!
— These things I thought good to write unto you, that you may know how they have overcome with no grounded Scripture, nor with reason, but onelyonly did essay with terrours and deceits to perswade me to revoke and to abjure. But our merciful God, whose Law I have magnified, was and is with me, and I trust so will continue, and will keep me in his grace unto death. —
In another Letter. — Beloved, I thought it needful to warn, that you should not be discouraged, because the Adversaries have decreed that my Books shall be burnt. Remember how the Israelites burned the Preachings of the Prophet Ieremy, and yet they could not avoid the things that were prophesied of in them;Pag. 826. for after they were burnt, the Lord commanded to write the same Prophesie again, and that larger; which was done. — It is also written in the Books of the Maccabees, that the wicked did burn the Law of God, and killed them that had the same. Again, under the New Testament they burned the Saints with the Books of the Law of God. — Remember the sayings of our merciful Saviour, by which he forewarneth us; There shall …e (saith he) before the Day of Iudgement great tribulation, Mat. 24.such as was not from the beginning, until this day, nor shall be afterwards. So that even the Elect of God should be deceived, if it were possible: but for their sakes those dayes shall be shortned.
— The Council of Constance shall not extend to Bohemia; for I think that many of them which are of the Council shall die before they shall get from you my Books. They shall depart from the Council, and be scattered abroad throughout all parts of the world, like Storks, and then they shall know when Winter cometh what they did in Summer. I trust in God that he will send after me those that shall be more valiant; and there are alive at this day that shall make more manifest the malice of Antichrist, and shall give their lives to the death for the truth of our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall give both to you and me the joyes of life everlasting. — This Epistle was written upon St. Iohn Baptist's day in Prison and in cold Irons, I having this Meditation with my self, that Iohn was beheaded in his Prison and bonds for the Word of God.
In another Letter. — I desire you, if any man at any time have noted any levity, either in my talk, or in my conditions, that he do not follow the same, but pray to God for me, to pardon me that sin of lightness.Pag. 827. — I look next day for the Sentence of death, having a full trust that he will not leave me to deny his truth, &c. How mercifully the Lord God hath dealt with me in marvellous temptations ye shall know, whenas hereafter by the help of Christ we shall all meet together in the joy of the world to come. — I beseech you pray to God for our enemies. —
In another Letter to a Minister. — My dear Brother, be diligent in preaching the Gospel, neglect not your Vocation, labour like a blessed Souldier of Christ. First live godlily and holily. Secondly, teach faithfully and truly. Thirdly, be an example to others in well doing, that you be not reprehended in your sayings. — Preach continually, but be short and fruitfull. — Never affirm or maintain those things that be uncertain or doubtful. — Exhort men to the confession of their Faith. — Against fleshly lust preach continually all that ever you can, for that is the raging beast which devoureth men, for whom the flesh of Christ did suffer.
Pag. 828.In another Letter. — O holy God, how largely doth Antichrist extend his power and cruelty? But I trust that his power shall be shortned, and his iniquity shall be detected more and more amongst the faithful people. — Let Antichrist rage so much as he will, yet he shall not prevail against Christ. — I am greatly comforted in those words of our Saviour, Happy be you, when men shall hate you, and shall separate you, and shall re…uke you, and shall c…st out your name as execrable, for the Son of man. Rejoyce and be glad; Luke 6.for great is your reward in Heaven. O worthy, yea a most worthy consolation, which not to understand, but to practiae in time of tribulation,Iam. 1. is an hard Lesson! — Certainly it is a great matter for a man to rejoyce in trouble, and to take it for joy to be in divers temptations. A light matter it is to speak it, and to expound it; but a great matter to fulfill it. For why? our most patient and most valiant Champion himself, &c. was troubled in spirit, and said, My soul is heavy unto death, &c. and yet he notwithstanding, being so troubled, said to his Disciples, Let not your hearts be troubled. — O most merciful Christ, draw us weak creatures after thee; for except thou shouldst draw us, we are not able to follow thee. — Without thee we can do nothing, much less enter into the cruel death for thy sake. Give us that prompt and ready spirit, a bold heart, an upright faith, a firm hope, and perfect charity, that we may give our lives patiently and joyfully for thy Names sake.
Pag. 829.In another Letter. — I love the counsel of the Lord above gold and precious stones. Wherefore I trust in the mercy of Jesus Christ, that he will give me his Spirit to stand in his Truth. Pray to the Lord, for the spirit is ready, but the flesh is weak. — Know this for certain, that I have had great conflicts by dreams, in such sort as I had much ado to refrain from crying out. I dreamed of the Popes escape before he went; and after the Lord Iohn had told me thereof, immediataly in the night it was told me, that the Pope should return to you again. I dreamed also of the apprehending Mr. Hierom, although not in full manner as it was done. All the imprisonments, whither and how I am carried, were opened to me before, although not fully after the same form and circumstance. Many Serpents oftentimes appeared to me, having heads also in their tail; but none of them could bite me. These things I write, not esteeming my self a Prophet, or that I extol my self, but onelyonly to signifie to you what temptations I had in body and also in mind, and what great fear I had, lest I should transgress the Commandments of the Lord Jesus Christ. —
In a Letter to the Lord Iohn de Clum. — I pray you expound to me the dream of this night. I saw how that in my Church of Bethlem they came to raze all the Images of Christ, and did put them out. The next day after I arose and saw many Painters which made more fairer Images, and many more then I had done before, which thing I was very glad and joyful to behold. And the Painters with much people about them, said, Let the Bishops and Priests come now, and put out these Pictures. Which being done, much people seemed to me in Bethlem to rejoyce, and I with them: and I awaking therewith, felt my self to laugh, &c. —
This Vision the Lord Iohn and Mr. Hus himself in his Book of Epistles (Ep. 45.) seemeth to expound, and applieth the Images of Christ to the preaching of Christ and of his life. The which preaching and doctrine of Christ, though the Pope and Cardinals should extinguish in him, yet did he foresee and declare, that the time should come, wherein the same doctrine should be revived again by others so plenteously, that the Pope with all his power should not be able to prevail against it.
Pag. 830.In the Forty eighth Epistle, seeming to speak with the same Spirit of Prophesie, he hath these words; But I trust those things, which I have spoken within the House, hereafter shall be preached upon the top of the House.
In a certain Treatise also by him written, De Sacerdotum & Monachorum carnalium abominatione, speaking Prophetically of the reformation of the Church, he hath these words; Moreover hereupon note and mark by the way, that the Church of God cannot be reduced to its former dignity, or be reformed before all things first be made new. The truth whereof is plain by the Temple of Solomon. — As my mind now giveth me, I believe that there shall arise a new people, formed after the new man, which is created after God: of the which people new Clerks and Priests shall come and be taken, which all shall hate covetousness, and the glory of this life, hastening to an heavenly conversation.
All these things shall come to pass, and be brought by little and little in order of times, dispensed of God for the same purpose: and this God doth and will do for his own goodness and mercy, and for the riches of his great longanimity and patience, giving time and space of repentance to them, that have long lain in their sins, to amend, and flie from the face of the Lords fury, whilest in the mean time the carnal people, and carnal Priests successively shall fall away and be consumed as with the moth, &c.
In another Letter. — You know how I have detested the avarice and inordinate life of the Clergy; wherefore, through the grace of God; I suffer now persecution, which shortly shall be consummate in me, neither do I fear to have my heart poured out for the Name of Christ Jesus. — If you shall be called to any Cure in the Countrey, let the honour of God and the salvation of souls move you thereunto, and not the having of the living or Commodities thereof. — See that you be a Builder of your Spiritual House, being gentle to the poor, and humble of mind, and waste not your goods in great fare. I fear if you do not amend your life, ceasing from your costly and superfluous apparel, lest you shall be grievously chastised, as I also wretched man shall be punished, which have used the like, being seduced by custome and evil men, and worldly glory, whereby I have been wounded against God with the spirit of pride. And because you have notably known both my preaching and outward conversation, even from my youth, I have no need to write many things to you, but to desire you for the mercy of Jesus Christ, that you do not follow me in any such levity and lightness, which you have seen in me. You know how before my Priesthood (which grieveth me now) I have delighted oftentimes to play at Chess, and have neglected my time, and have unhappily provoked both my self and others to anger by that Play. Wherefore (besides other my innumerable faults) for this I desire you to invocate the mercy of the Lord, that he will pardon me:—
This Letter to this Minister was not to be opened by him before he was sure of Mr. Hus his death.
In a Treatise De Sacerdotum, Fox, Vol. 3. pag. 381.&c. before mentioned, he hath these words, In writing these things, (and what else I have written before) nothing else hath moved me hereunto, but onelyonly the love of our Lord Jesus crucified, whose prints and stripes (according to the measure of my weakness and vileness) I covet to bear in my self, beseeching him to give me grace, that I never seek to glory in my self, or in any thing else, but onelyonly in his Cross, and in the inestimable ignominy of his Passion. I do not therefore doubt but these things will like all such as unfeignedly love the Lord Christ crucified, and will not mislike not a little all such as be of Antichrist, durst not have so written unless the Lord Jesus Christ crucified by his inward motion had so commanded me. —
Hyperius.
Ward's Living Speeches, &c. pag. 155.O what a difference is there (said Martin Hyperius) betwixt this and eternal fire? Who would shun this to leap into that?
FINIS.
A CLOUD OF VVITNESSES; OR, THE Sufferers Mirrour, Made up of The SWANLIKE-SONGS, and other CHOICE PASSAGES of several MARTYRS and CONFESSORS to the end of the Sixteenth Century, in their Treatises, Speeches, Letters, Prayers, &c. in their Prisons, or Exiles; at the Bar, or Stake, &c.
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And Mr. Samuel Ward's Life of Faith in Death, &c. and Alphabetically disposed.
By T. M. M.A.
The second Part.
Deut. 32.7.
Remember the dayes of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy Father, and he will shew thee, thy Elders, and they will tell thee.
Psal. 44.22.
For thy sake we are killed all the day long: we are counted as Sheep to the slaughter.
Phil. 1.28.
In nothing be terrified by your adversaries, &c.
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