# Another Letter From Reytse Aysess, Written To His Wife.

16th century (source section) · Historical source

Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: ANOTHER LETTER FROM REYTSE AYSESS, WRITTEN TO HIS WIFE.

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Grace, peace, mercy, unity, and love be with
you, my dear wife and sister in the Lord; may the
almighty God comfort you in your misery and tribulation
which you have on my account.

Behold, my very dear and beloved wife and sister
in the Lord, whom I took before God and his
church, the eternal almighty God console you in
your tribulation and distress which you endure on
my account.

Behold, my beloved, though we are to suffer
here (for in the world we shall have tribulation, but
our tribulation shall be turned into joy), let us firmly
cleave to the word of the Lord, and depart neither
to the right nor to the left. O dear and much beloved
wife, I am so greatly troubled and concerned
for you, and pray the almighty God for you day
and night, that he will keep you, and that you may
continue steadfast unto the end; for he that continues
steadfast shall be saved.

My dear, beloved wife and sister, when you were
with me you comforted me with the word of the
Lord, so that the castellan’s wife said: “I could not
do this;” and you said I should cleave to the word
of the Lord; wherein I greatly rejoice, and thank
the eternal God for your strong faith. Pray the
Lord who has begun this good work in you, that he
will keep it in you unto the end, that you may obtain
the salvation of your soul. My beloved, be of
good courage, and be valiant in the Lord; and we
may well say with the prophet: “O Israel, how
happy are we, that God has made known his word
unto us.” Bar. 4:4. What thanks shall we render
to the Lord for the good that he has shown us? for
our sakes he became poor, that we through his poverty
might be rich. 1 Thess. 3:9; 2 Cor. 8:9.
Hence, my dear and beloved wife, if we suffer with
him, we shall also rejoice with him; if we die with
him, we shall also reign with him. 2 Tim. 2:11,12.
O beloved, be of good courage, and cleave to the
word of the Lord, and be firmly rooted in him.
Even as Jacob took hold of the angel, and wrestled
with him all night, until the breaking of the day.
The angel said: “Let me go.” Jacob said: “I will
not let thee go, till thou have blessed me.” Genesis
32:24.

Let us therefore be followers of God, as dear children
in love. Eph. 5:1. O my beloved wife, I have
such a great care for you, and am so much troubled
for you. O love, I beseech you from the inmost of
954
my soul, that you will not forsake the Lord your
God all the days of your life. O love, I am so
greatly troubled and grieved for my dear child, that
I do not know whither to turn; and I pray the
eternal, almighty God day and night in regard to it.
O my dear and beloved, be of good courage, and
console yourself in the Lord, and be not troubled
on my account—the Lord is my helper. My beloved,
if it should please our dear Lord, that we
should meet no more, may we meet hereafter in
eternal life. May the Lord help you and me to this
end, and keep us, that we may be saved.

Written by me, your beloved husband and brother
in the Lord.

Reytse Aysess.





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