rall, but thou (my Brother) having learned better things, muſt remernber that thy life is buried in Chriſt, which that thou mayeſt injoy thou muſt dye in Chriſt. Thou knoweſt whom thou haſt believed, & how able he is to keep thy pledge unto that day, &c. Be ſtrong therefore in the Lord, and in the power of his might, that thou mayſt fight the good fight, and mayſt receive a Crowne of life. What is the manner of this fight thou needeſt not to be taught, though peradventure thou mayſt be admoniſhed, But that I may no longer detain thee, ſtand faſt beloved brother: As far as humane providence can direct us, we have provided for your ſafety, neither will we be wanting to you. But if the fury of the enemy ſhall prevaile, and it ſhal pleaſe God by your death to glorifie the cauſe of Chriſt, be you prepared to ſay with Job. God hath given and let God take this life, as it pleaſeth him ſo let it be. Farewell my brother: Dated at Litomiſſa on the day of the firſt Martyr Stephen, 1503. There is alſo extant the farewell of Francis Lucas to the Brethren at Boliſlave, a moſt comfortable letter.
3. But God who would preſerve theſe inſtruments from the jawes of the Lions, Mr. Martin Poczatece not the leaſt of the Enemies of the truth, dying ſuddenly that morning about the break of day, in which they ſhould appear at the conſiſtory. By which example the reſt were feared, and the whole City meeting together, they deſired that the colloquy might
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