# Five Letters Of Clement Hendrickss, Sent From His Prison In Amsterdam, Where He Laid Down His Life For The Knowledge Of The Truth; Together With Jan Krijnss And Cornelis Janss Mentioned Above. · Page 3 of 7

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Further, my dear and much beloved father and
mother, whom I well remember in my bonds, and
still pray for you every morning and evening, that
the Lord would comfort you in your sorrow, which
you have for me, poor, unworthy man, who am not
worthy that you should sorrow for me. Furthermore,
my dear and much beloved father and mother
I inform your love, that I have undertaken to write
your love a little, as to how it still is with me, and
that it is still my purpose to fear the Lord with all
my heart, with all my strength, and with all my
soul, as long as I remain in the flesh, for which I can
never sufficiently thank and praise the almighty,
great and only wise God for his unspeakable, yea,
incomprehensible grace, which he has hitherto
shown me and still daily shows me through Jesus
Christ and the supply of his Spirit. Philip. 1:19.
For this I thank the almighty God, and bow the
knee of my heart (Prayer of Manasses) before the
Father full of grace, who is a true and righteous
God of mercy, and a God that comforts us all with
his holy word. Therefore, my dear and much beloved
father and mother, sorrow not for me poor,
unworthy man, but much rather rejoice herein, and
praise the Lord for it, that he has called and made
worthy your son, to suffer for his holy word and his
Gospel. And we find, that the apostles and the
prophets, yea, Christ himself, had to suffer according
to the flesh, from evil and perverse men. Hence
my dear father and much beloved mother, do not
grieve too much, and be content herein, as much
as is possible for you, this I most kindly ask you for
the name of the Lord. And always comfort yourselves
with the words of Christ where he says: He
that loveth aught more than me is not worthy of
me; and every one that forsaketh, house, home,
lands, and father and mother, shall receive a hundred-fold.
Matt. 10:37; Luke 14:26; Matt. 19:29.
Therefore, my dear and much beloved father and
mother what else can we meet with in this life, than
with great poverty? And what is man’s life? nothing
but as the flower of the field: the grass withereth
and the flower fadeth; and as a vapor, that appeareth
for a little time and then vanisheth away. Isaiah
40:6,7; Jas. 4:14. Further, my dear and much beloved
father, I am of good courage to offer up my
sacrifice, and to suffer for the name of the Lord; for
Christ says: Whosoever therefore shall confess me
before men, him will I confess also before my
Father which is in heaven. Matt. 10:32. Christ also
says: Let your light shine before men. 5:16.
And I fain would, when I am to offer up my sacrifice,
that they would place me on a wagon and
carry me around town, and scourge me four times,
that I might let the light shine before this evil,
blind and perverse generation; for I am not ashamed
to suffer for the Gospel. Rom. 1:16. For I shall
not suffer as a thief, or a rogue, or robber, or evil-
802doer,
but I shall suffer as a Christian. 1 Peter 4:15,16.
For if we suffer for evil-doing, what profit is it
to us? but if we suffer for well-doing, this is acceptable
with the heavenly Father. 2:20. Furthermore
my dear and much beloved father and mother, I inform
your love that they have let me know that I
should commit myself into the hands of the clergy;
then they thought I should get out of here. Thereupon
I sent back word to them, that I had no intention
of doing this, and that they should go to no
trouble about it.

Hence, my dear and much beloved father and
mother, be not dismayed on account of this, I
humbly pray you for the name of the Lord, for of
such things a Christian ought not to be ashamed.
For there was Joseph, who was tempted by the
Egyptian woman; and she had caught him by his
coat or mantle, and wished to commit whoredom
with him; and she would not let him go; but he fled
from her, and left the mantle or coat in her hand,
rather than commit this great sin with her. Therefore,
my dear and much beloved father and mother,
if the whore of Babylon takes hold of our coat or
mantle, that we should commit whoredom with her,
rather let go, through the grace of the Lord, your
coat or mantle, namely, your temporal life, than
that you should commit whoredom with her. Revelation
17:1,2.

Furthermore, my dear and much beloved father
and mother, I ask you very humbly, with weeping
eyes, for forgiveness for all that I have done amiss
against you by word or deed, or by any thoughts,
that you will forgive me. It seems that my time
will soon be here now, when I shall offer up my
sacrifice. Hence my dear and much beloved father
and mother, I will commend you to the Lord, and
bid you adieu till the appearing of our Lord Jesus
Christ. The peace of the Lord be with you forever
and ever. Amen.



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