# Another Letter From Mr. Jelis Matthijss To His Wife. · Page 3 of 4

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O then I should accept my departure with a still
much more joyful heart, and should certainly have
no apprehension that you should ever be moved
from the simplicity of our dear Lord Jesus Christ;
however, I feel no apprehension, as long as you
continue as I now leave you; for you fear the judgment
of the ungodly. Hence I desire with Sirach,
that you remember in all your undertakings what he
says, namely: My son, whatsoever thou takest in
hand, remember the end, and thou shalt never sin
(Sir. 7:36), namely, such sins as could keep you
out of God’s kingdom; for as regards your daily
frailties and mis-steps before God, they will not condemn
you or bar you out, for with reference to this
the holy apostle John says: If any man sin, we have
an advocate with God the Father, who maketh intercession
for us, which is Christ Jesus, the high
priest, who entered in, namely, into the holy of
holies, and made an eternal offering and atonement
for his people and generation, and sat down on the
right hand of God his Father, as an advocate and
intercessor for our daily stumblings and fallings, as
the apostles say. 1 John 2:1; Rom. 8:34; Hebrews
9:12; Ps. 110:1; Col. 3:1. See, my faithful
and dearly beloved lamb, to this intercessor and advocate
I direct you, and not to the deceased saints,
as the blind leaders of this world do.



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