of Beech, to cover the print which their feet had made in the ſnow, that nothing might be ſeen but the impreſſion of ſome Country lad drawing a buſh behind him. From which their dwelling in Caves, they were afterward in ſcorn called by their enemies Jamnices (that is toſay) livers in the holes of the earth.
CHAP. XX.
1. THoſe brethren had conſtituted amongſt themſelves a certain order, elders by ſuffrages being choſen, who having the Government and direction of things, obedience was promiſed to him. By the counſel of theſe men the chiefeſt of the diſperced through Bohemia and Moravia, being called together, they had Synods in thoſe mountaines, and ordained ſtatutes how they ſhould behave thernſelves amongſt themſelves and others, how they ſhould carry themſelves to their friends and Enemies, as alſo toward the King and all Magiſtrates oftentimes appointing ſolemn dayes of prayer and faſting for themſelves and the diſperſed, and taking councell out of the Word of God, concerning thoſe things, which are required to the fuller Reformation both of life and Doctrine.
2. The deepeſt care that did afflict them, was for
Paſtours
