# A Letter Written By Jelis Bernaerts To Brethren And Sisters, After He Was Sentenced. · Page 2 of 2

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Therefore, my dear brethren, I do not write you
this out of vain glory, but for the consolation and
strengthening of your hearts, so that you may not
be afraid of those who can kill the body, since after
that they can do no more; but that you, dear
brethren and sisters, may always be manful, and
ever remember your leaders, who have spoken unto
you the word of God, even as Paul says: “Remember
them which have the rule over you, who have
spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith
follow, considering the end of their conversation.”
Heb. 13:7. Hence, my most beloved, give attendance
always among yourselves, to exhortation, to
reading, to praying; and do not forsake the assembling
of yourselves together, but exhort one another
to love and good works, and be firmly united in
love, and use hospitality one to another; always be
of one heart and of one soul among yourselves, so
that when you get into bonds (if this be the will
of the Lord) your heart may be unencumbered.

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Herewith I commend you to the Lord, and to
the word of his grace. Amen. Farewell, farewell to
you all, my dear brethren and sisters in the Lord.

Written by me, Jelis Bernaerts, to you, my dear
brethren and sisters in the Lord, from the bottom
of my heart, and out of true love. Amen.



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