# Another Letter Of Joost Verkindert, Written From Prison, To His Wife, On The 23d Of July. · Page 2 of 2

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Finally, in parting, he showed me great friendliness,
saying: “Dear Joos, you err, and do not
understand the Scriptures.” I said: “My lord,
even as you think that I err, so I think that you
err.” He said: “Ask the Lord for understanding.”
I replied, that I did so. Guilliame, the thief-catcher,
was present throughout the whole conversation, and
they were both very deeply moved on my account,
as I well perceived; and he spoke much of the great
pardon which had come from King Philip and the
Pope together. In parting, I asked him, whether
any one might be put to death on account of the
faith. He answered, saying: “What else is the
magistracy for?” I said: “For the protection of the
good, and the punishment of the evil” (Rom. 13:3).
He rejoined: “Peter killed Ananias and Sapphira”
(Acts 5:5,9), and with this some persons came
in, so that this remark received no reply.

Herewith I commend you to the Lord, and to
the word of his grace. Greet W. B. and all his acquaintances
in the Lord, in my name, with the
peace of the Lord. Lauwerens, my fellow prisoner,
also greets you with the peace of the Lord.



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