# Christiaen Rijcen Exhorts His Wife Firmly To Trust In The Lord, And Informs Her, That He Was Assailed Once More This Week By The Pastor And A Franciscan Friar, Who Tempted Him By Threats And Fair Words To Apostatize; And Of The Terror That Came Upon Him The Following Night. · Page 2 of 2

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Thus, my dear wife, be faithful to the Lord, for he
that shall continue faithful unto death, shall have
the crown of eternal life.

Written on the 27th of March, A. D. 1588, by
me, your beloved husband.

Christiaen Rijcen.



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