and inconvenient. For if I ſhould deſire pardon, I ſhould give an occasion to ſome, to ſuſpect that I had committed ſome crime, and had deſerved death, which I have not deſerved. Tell her therefore, that I will deſire pardon of him againſt whom I have committed many ſinnes all my life: but I never offended the Prince. But if they ſhould of their owne accord offer me a priſon inſtead of death, ſuch a change would be very troubleſome. I am a decrepit old man, and have lived long enough; for when I cannot diſtinguiſh the taſts of meats, or reliſh the ſweetneffe of drinke, when it is tedious to ſit long, and irkeſome to lye, when I cannot walk unleſſe I lean on a ſtaffe or be moved to and fro in others hands; what profit (I pray you ) would ſuch a life be to me? And if I can hardly endure it while it is free, how ſhall I be able to ſuffer impriſonment? God forbid that I ſhould be pulled from this holy company of Martyrs.
4. The next day (being the Lords day) having received the Lords Supper. he ſaid, [Behold now being reconciled to my God through Chriſt, I have peace, neither doe I feare man. I will confidently ſay with David, Let my fleſh and my body be conſumed, but God is the rocke of my heart, and my portion for ever. Now there is nothing that may ſtay my thoughts on the earth, beſides my Nephewes, for whem (O ſervant of Chriſt) I intreat you, that you would as much as you can, exhort them without in-
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