way of anſwer. He requires time, and promiſeth that he would anſwer the writing; leave being given him, he frames this anſwer, which out of the Bohemian tongue we have thus tranſlated word for word.
I Have underſtood what charge was drawne up againſt me by Iames Swojanovius, under the name of Mr. Bohuchwal Walkaun. The firſt article is, That I have been pernicious to God my Creator, and to men in obligation, in that having turned Catholick, I have again fallen from the Roman Catholick faith, and have violated my Oath. To this I anſwer, That heretofore being in a cruell priſon, I was prevailed upon to ſinne againſt God, my moſt righteous Judge, becauſe then I was weak in the faith, not truſting God, that he was able to deliver his out of the hands of men: but God chaſtiſed me for this my fault, holding my conſcience captive for a whole year together, ſo that I could have no hope in Gods mercy: and yet I recalled to mind former ſinners, who did upon their repentance obtain mercy at the hands of God. Thereupon I cryed to my God, a whole year, night and day I did water my bed with my teares, becauſe I thought my ſelfe damned: but that true and righteous God who is not the cauſe of our deſtruction, neither would that a ſinner ſhould die, but rather that hee ſhould be converted and live, when he ſaw a fit time, did not hide his mercies from me; for I obtained what I did
