Chap. LXXVII.
Tobias Steffek, a Citizen of new Prague.
I. ANd this man for his wiſedome was choſen by the States, into the number of the Directors. A man of a quiet and compoſed temper, and ſincere in Religion, who ſpent almoſt all the cime of his impriſonment in ſilent highs and tears.
2. Before his execution he ſaid: I have received many good things at the hands of the Lord all my life, ſhall I not therefore receive this cup of affliction? I embrace the will of God, who by the ignominious death makes me conformable to his ſon, and by a narrow way bring me to a heavenly Kingdome. Therefore I praiſe the mercy of God, becauſe he hath joyned me undeſervedly to theſe excellent men, that I might receive with them a crown of Martyrdome. When hee was called to die, hee clapped his hands and looking up to heaven with a ſad countenance and weeping eyes: My Saviour being about to die, ſaid father, not as I will, but as thou wilt; thy will bee done; ſhall I therefore who am but a worme, ye duſt and a ſhadow contradict his will. Bee it farre from me, yea I come willingly my God, onely have mercy on me and purge me from my ſinnes, that no ſpot or wrinkle may adhere unto me, that I may ap-
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