# Here Follows A Letter Which Barbelken Goethals Wrote In Prison, And Sent To Jasper N., One Of Her Fellow Believers. · Page 2 of 2

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O Jasper, my dear and beloved brother in the
Lord, I am of such good cheer, the Lord be praised,
that I should never be able to describe the joy which
I feel in my heart. O what courage I have to fight
against the princes and rulers of darkness; I think
that I could say with David: “I will not be afraid
of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves
against me round about.” Ps. 3:6. O what joy I
have; praise, glory and honor be to God forever
for the great joy that he gives me. O my dearest
brother, rejoice with me, and let it strengthen you,
as I hope that it will. Thus I have briefly written
to my dearest brother in Christ Jesus, with the
small gift that I have received through the grace
of the Lord. Herewith I will commend you to our
dear Lord, and to the rich word of his grace.
I take leave, and say: Adieu, adieu, adieu, farewell,
farewell, farewell, my dearest brother in the Lord,
till we meet again. Though we must part here, and
be separated by men, I hope that we shall meet
again where men can part us no more.

O Jasper, my dearest brother in the Lord, acquit
yourself valiantly unto the end in the word of God;
I hope to do the same. Again I say: Adieu, adieu!
farewell, farewell! we must now part. O I beseech
you most affectionately, to receive my simple letter
in good part, as I hope you will, since I have done
it out of pure love. Written in bonds by me, your
weak sister in the Lord, who lies in bonds in
St. Peter’s, for the true testimony of Jesus Christ.
Keep this letter in remembrance of me; I hope to
seal it with my blood. Always fear God, but not
men.

Barbelken Goethals.



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