# John Claess, And Lucas Lamberts, An Old Man, Called Grandfather; Together With Several Testaments Written By John Claess, While In Prison At Amsterdam, To His Wife, Children, And Other Friends, In The Year 1544. · Page 4 of 4

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Dear friends, at the time of the apostles there
arose seven different sects among them, but the
true doctrine was therefore not to be rejected. Now,
though many wicked miscreants have arisen under
the Gospel, the word of God has not depreciated:
he that would be saved must submit to it. Romans
9:6. In the time of the righteous Tobit all Israel
worshiped golden calves, which king Jeroboam had
caused to be made; he [Tobit] alone adhered to the
Lord his God, and did what he had commanded
him.

Friends, look not to the multitude, but to the
word of God, which will not deceive you. “Cursed
be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh
his arm; but blessed is the man that trusteth in the
Lord.” Jer. 17:5,7. I trust in this, that he prays
to his Father, not only for those who were with him,
but also for all them who shall turn to him through
the word. John 17:20. May the good Father,
through his only Son Jesus Christ, give you a true
understanding, that you may henceforth learn to
know him. 2 Tim. 2:7.

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