# Another Letter From Christian Rijcen, Written To His Wife, In Which He Writes That He Has Learned That No Comfort Had Come For Him From The Court, Though The Recorder Had Come Home; Wherefore He Consoled Himself In The Lord.

16th century (source section) · Historical source

Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: ANOTHER LETTER FROM CHRISTIAN RIJCEN, WRITTEN TO HIS WIFE, IN WHICH HE WRITES THAT HE HAS LEARNED THAT NO COMFORT HAD COME FOR HIM FROM THE COURT, THOUGH THE RECORDER HAD COME HOME; WHEREFORE HE CONSOLED HIMSELF IN THE LORD.

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Grace, peace and love be unto you from God
our heavenly Father, through his Son Jesus Christ.
Amen. This, I Christiaen Rijcen, wish you my dear
wife, as an affectionate greeting in the Lord.

And after all salutation, I inform you, my very
dear wife, that I am still in tolerably good health
(praise and glory to the Lord for his grace), as I
trust is also the case with you and the children.

I further inform you, that I received your letter,
and I thank you for the treasure you sent me.
I further also learn that you live in N.’s house, and
that he has provided you with wood, of which I am
very glad, that you find some comfort there yet.
If it should please the Lord, to deliver me out of this
again, I hope that we shall repay it to him; but so
far I think there is little prospect for me to get
out. For I have learned that no advice has come
from the Court as yet. Though the recorder has
come, there has no comfort come for me with him,
except that I thank the Lord, who comforts me in
this tribulation. And I hope to approve myself as a
minister of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in
necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments,
in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
by pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering,
by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the
armour of righteousness on the right hand and on
the left, by honor and dishonor, by evil report and
good report: as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown,
and yet known before God; as dying, and
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behold, we live. 2 Cor. 6. Thus, my dear wife, I
hope to approve myself in all things as the minister
of God; for I often hear evil reports, and sometimes
good reports, and so the time passes away; and I
think that it may probably be so also with you.
Hence, my beloved wife, let us be patient in tribulation,
fervent in hope, and continuing instant in
prayer; and remember me in your prayers, for I do
the same for you. For there passes not much time
that I do not think of you and the children. I pray
you, do the best with them, and if you have some
work, make them labor diligently. Tell them that
I command them to this; and when you have some
leisure, teach them in the book; this I pray you;
so that hereafter, when they shall have lost you and
me, they may search, as to what tends to their
salvation.

I furthermore also learn from your letter, that
you desire me to write your landlord a short letter;
which I have done. However, I wrote at the top
of the letter, to N. N.; but it does not matter to me
who has it; may the fruit of righteousness spring
from it. But I hope to write another yet, if the
Lord permits me. Nothing more for this time, but
be commended to the Lord, and greet all acquaintances
in my name.

Written the 27th of February, by me,

Christiaen Rijcen.





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