# Answer To The Letter Of John Fox; Written By The Prisoners At London, A. D. 1575. · Page 2 of 2

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Therefore those who should deal with us on this
wise, offer us this alternative, either temporal or
eternal death: temporal, if we adhere to what our
conscience declares to be right, or the truth; eternal,
if we act and speak contrary to our conscience.
But we have a better hope of her Royal Grace,
which has hitherto not deemed it well to put [any
one] to death for the matter of religion; well knowing
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that the true faith is a special gift of God, implanted
in man, not by fire and sword, but through
the Holy Ghost and the preaching of the external
word of God. And we ought to consider well, that
formerly we were all heretics here, who if we had
been made to die in such a condition, would all
have had to suffer the death of both body and soul.
But we will here conclude this matter, thanking you
for the trouble to which you have been pleased to
go for us, and requesting you that you will do the
best in our cause, with the council, and especially
before Her Royal Majesty, who, if our point were
well known to her, we doubt not, would, according
to her excellent wisdom and usual grace, deal mercifully
with us, since we willingly show Her Majesty
all reverence and subjection, praying for her long
life and prosperous reign. Amen.

Subscribed to by:

Gerrit van Byler,

Hendrick Terwoort,

Hans van Straten,

Jan Pieterss,

Christiaen Kemels.



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