# The Fourth Letter Of Jacob The Chandler, Written To His Children; Being Properly A Confession Of His Faith.

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Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: THE FOURTH LETTER OF JACOB THE CHANDLER, WRITTEN TO HIS CHILDREN; BEING PROPERLY A CONFESSION OF HIS FAITH.

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My chosen dear children, I hope briefly to write
you my faith, that you may know, that I did not
die as a deceiver or heretic, but for the true faith,
which avails before God.

1. I believe and confess, that there is one true
God, who created and made heaven and earth, and
the sea, and all that therein is, by his eternal, Almighty
and incomprehensible Word, which was
with God in the beginning, and was God with the
Father. Gen. 1:1; John 1:1,2.

2. And God on the sixth day made man after
his image or likeness, that is, according to his nature.
But man did not remain as created, through
the subtilty of the serpent, in whom the devil
worked, so that he brought Adam with his whole
seed into death, as is written. Gen. 3.

God created man immortal, and made him according
to the image of his own likeness; but
through the envy of the devil death came into the
world, and all that are of his side follow him. Wisdom
23:24. As also Esdras writes: The first Adam
having an evil heart transgressed and was overcome
and also all them that are born of him. And he
further says: O thou Adam, what hast thou done!
for though it was thou that sinned, thou art not
fallen alone, but also all we that come of thee.
2 Esd. 7:48.

3. Now when the man Adam with his whole seed
had fallen into death, the merciful Father through
grace many times promised his Son, who as a spotless
lamb, that had been foreordained before the
foundation of the world, delivered us from death by
his death and blood. Gen. 3:15; 1 Peter 1:19,20.
And when the fullness of the time was come, he became
man, and was born of the virgin Mary, as had
been prophesied concerning him, in these words:
“Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given.”
Is. 9:6. And again: “A virgin shall conceive, and
bear a son.” 7:14. Thus, through the power of the
Most High he was conceived in Mary of the Holy
Ghost, even as the angel said to her: “The Holy
Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the
Highest shall overshadow thee.” Luke 1:35. To
Joseph he said; “That which is conceived in her is
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of the Holy Ghost: therefore also that holy thing
which shall be born of her shall be called the Son of
God.” Matt. 1:20. For the Word which was with
God in the beginning became flesh, and dwelt
among men, visibly and tangibly, so that also his
glory was seen, a glory as of the only begotten of
the Father, full of grace and truth. He humbled
himself, and took upon himself the form of a servant,
became as another man, and was found in fashion
as a man. Philip. 2:7,8. And all that he saw
and heard of his Father he taught and made known
to us, and was obedient to his Father unto death;
for he was innocently sentenced by Pilate, was crucified,
died, and was buried, and the third day rose
from the dead. And after his resurrection he commanded
his disciples to preach the Gospel to every
creature, and to baptize believers in the name of the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. And he ascended
up to heaven, and sitteth at the right hand
of the Father, from whence he shall come again, in
the glory of his Father, and in the clouds of heaven,
to judge the quick and the dead. Matt. 28:19; Luke
24:51; Rev. 1:7.

4. I further believe and confess, that there is a
Holy Ghost, which proceeds from the Father, and
is poured out, through Christ Jesus, upon the believing
and regenerated children, as is written in
Tit. 3 and Eph. 1, as an earnest of the Spirit, and
as an assurance of the mind; by which Spirit they
cry, Abba, Father. Rom. 8:15. By this Spirit they
are guided into all truth, since he is also their
teacher. John 16:13. By the same Spirit the prophets
prophesied, since God through him distributes
the spiritual gifts to believers, for the profiting of
all. Hence the Apostle writes: “There are diversities
of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are
differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
And there are diversities of operations, but it is the
same God which worketh all in all.” 1 Corinthians
12:4–6. These three names are one true God.
The Father is the Creator, who created everything
by the Son, or his Word; and by his Spirit he has
also renewed all things, and has purified believers
by the Son, and by the Holy Ghost; in which three
names the Apostles were commanded to baptize believers.
For there are three that bear record in
heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy
Ghost: and these three are one. 1 John 5:7.

5. I further believe and confess, that there is a
holy Christian church, which is the communion of
the saints, and the assembly of the believing and
righteous, which is the temple of the living God,
the pillar and solid ground of the truth, and the
city of God in the Spirit. 1 Cor. 12:13; 1 Timothy
3:15. And in this temple the Holy Ghost is the
teacher, and the apostles the laborers, who first built
this temple. 1 Cor. 3:9. As Solomon, when he
wanted to build his temple, sent out his servants, to
hew out the stones from a mountain; and the stones
having been hewed, when they were brought to the
work, they joined them together, so that there was
neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard
in the house, while it was in building; so Christ sent
out his apostles, to teach men, and to preach repentance
in his name, before they were to be baptized:
for they had to be regenerated with the hammer
of the divine word, and by the incorruptible
seed of God the Father, who is a mountain and rock
forever, if they were to be a living stone in the temple
of God. 1 Kings 5:17; 6:7; Dan. 2:45. Thus
the apostles, as wise builders, first built the temple,
and laid the foundation. Hence Paul says, that God
has set in the church first apostles, secondarily
prophets, thirdly teachers. 1 Cor. 12:28. In another
place he says: He set some, apostles; and some,
prophets; and some, evangelists; and some pastors
and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints for the
work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of
Christ: till we all come in the unity of the faith, and
of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect
man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness
of Christ. For as a body which has many members,
and yet is but one body, so also, though there are
many believers, there is nevertheless but one body,
of which Christ is the head. For Paul writes: By
one Spirit are we all baptized into one body . . . and
have been made to drink into one Spirit. 1 Corinthians
12:13. And all that are in this temple or
city have Christ for their Lord and King; him they
must obey; they must suffer him to rule over them,
and to bear dominion with the sceptre of his kingdom,
namely, with his Spirit and Word; for to him
all power is given in heaven and in earth. Matthew
28:18. The Father judgeth no man, but hath committed
all judgment unto the Son: that all men
should honor the Son, even as though they honor
the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth
not the Father which hath sent him. And as the
Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the
Son to have life in himself. John 5:22,23,26. He
that hath the Son of God hath eternal life; and he
that hath not the Son of God hath not life. But this
church has forgiveness of sins through him; for they
believe in him, and seek their salvation in him alone,
for there is none other name given them under
heaven, whereby they can be saved, than by the
name of Christ; for he is made unto them, of God,
wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and
redemption. Acts 4:12; 1 Cor. 1:30. And he gave
himself for them, that he might redeem them from
all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people,
zealous of good works. Tit. 2:14. These have
one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God for their
Father, and one Holy Spirit, upon whom and
through whom the temple is built and founded.
Eph. 4:5,6.

6. I further believe and confess a Christian baptism,
according to the import of the word of God,
as Christ commanded his apostles, saying: Go and
teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I
have commanded you. Matt. 28:19,20. And Mark
16:15,16: Go ye into all the world, and preach the
gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is
baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not
shall be damned. Thus the apostles did according
to the command of their Lord; for on the day of
Pentecost Peter opened his mouth, and taught the
people of Jerusalem, and reproved them of their
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sins, so that they said: Men and brethren, what
shall we do? Then Peter said unto them, Repent,
and be baptized every one of you in the name of
Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall
receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise
is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are
afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall
call. Acts 2:37–39.

Hereby the apostle proves, that the gift of the
Holy Ghost should be given not only to the Jews
and their children, but also to the Gentiles, who
were far from the kingdom of God, but whom God
should also call to it, as the prophet Joel had foretold,
that God in the latter days should pour out his
Spirit upon all flesh. Joel 2:28. Hence God poured
out the Holy Spirit upon the Gentile Cornelius and
his household (Acts 10:44), in order to convince
Peter and his [other] apostles, that he had given
power to all men by faith, to become children of
God; for with such he would establish his covenant.
Hence Peter commanded; that they should be baptized
in the name of the Lord; for they had been
baptized by Christ with the Holy Ghost and with
fire; by which Holy Ghost he purged their hearts
from dead works, to serve the living God. Hence
Peter said to those of Jerusalem: Repent and be
baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus
Christ for the remission of sins. Not as though sin
could be forgiven through baptism, as may be seen
in the case of Simon the sorcerer, who had also been
baptized by Philip, but Peter said that he should
have neither part nor lot in this matter. Acts 8:21.
But they are cleansed from sin through faith in
Christ Jesus, in whose name they receive baptism;
hence baptism is a sign by which something better
is signified; therefore it must be received upon or
through faith, for Peter says: “The like figure
whereunto even baptism doth also now save us,
(not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but
the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by
the resurrection of Jesus Christ: who is gone into
heaven, and is on the right hand of God.” 1 Peter
3:21,22. Therefore Philip, according to the command
of Christ, first taught those of Samaria, before
they received baptism. Also many Corinthians
that heard it, believed and were baptized. Thus
baptism must be received upon faith, for the burying
of sin (Rom. 6:4), for a washing of regeneration
(Tit. 3:5), for a covenant of the Christian life,
for a putting on of the body of Christ, for an ingrafting
into the true olive tree and vine Christ, for an
entrance into the spiritual ark of Noah (1 Peter
3:20), of which Christ is the true householder, as is
written concerning him: behold I and the children
which God hath given me. Heb. 2:13. And
Isaiah calls him, The mighty God, The everlasting
Father, The Prince of Peace. Is. 9:6. Thus they
are baptized by Christ inwardly with the Holy
Ghost and with fire, outwardly with water, as the
eunuch said: “Here is water; what doth hinder me
to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest
with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered
and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of
God.” Acts 8:36,37.

Thus the true Christian baptism must be received
according to the command of Christ, and the practice
of the Apostles, in the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, for the burying
of sin, to walk with Christ in newness of life, and
that we henceforth should serve sin no more.

7. I further confess a true Supper, or breaking of
bread, which Christ himself instituted, and observed
with his apostles, with bread and wine. The same
night in which he was betrayed, he took bread, gave
thanks, brake it, and said, “Take, eat; this is my
body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance
of me. After the same manner also he took
the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is
the new testament in my blood: This do ye, as oft
as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.” 1 Corinthians
11:23–25. From this no one is to understand,
that the bread was the body itself of Christ, because
he calls it his body; else we must also understand,
that the cup is his testament, since he calls the cup
his testament. But now they are only memorials,
by which his death and the testament (which is
sprinkled with his blood), are to be remembered; for
where a testament is, there must also of necessity
be the death of the testator . . . otherwise it is
of no strength at all while the testator liveth. Hebrews
9:16,17. Hence Christ confirmed with his
death his testament which he made with the house
of Israel; and suffered his blood to be shed for many
for the remission of sins. Matt. 26:28. And for such
a remembrance the bread is broken, and the wine
drunk, in the church, as Christ said: This do in
remembrance of me. For as the bread is broken
in the church, so also was the body of Christ
broken on the tree of the cross; and as no one is
fed by this bread, but those who eat of it, so also
no one is fed, according to the soul, by Christ, who
is the bread of life, except those that believe in him.
Therefore Judas could not receive Christ, though he
ate of the bread; for no one has a right to the breaking
of bread, except those who by faith have become
partakers of Christ, and one bread with him; and no
one has a right to drink out of the cup, save he that
is become a child of the new testament (which is
sprinkled with the blood of Christ, 1 Peter 1:2),
and he must have the law of the Lord written in his
heart, and the Lord must have become his God, so
that he will remember his sins no more. Jeremiah
31:33,34. For if we are to use a memorial, we
must have that which is to be remembered by it.
Hence the apostle says: “Let every one examine
himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and
drink of that cup. For he that eateth and
drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment
to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body”
(1 Cor. 11:28,29); for we must discern for whom
the Lord gave his body. Hence, Christians, or
those that would be called so, must examine themselves,
whether they also have a right to the bread,
for it represents much to them, since it becomes to
them as a mirror. For it is one bread baked of
many grains, which must be alike among one another,
because they are ground, made into a dough
with water, and baked with fire into one bread, so
that it cannot be distinguished which was the smallest
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or the largest grain. Thus must we also be
broken in heart, by the hammer of the divine word
(Jer. 23:29), being united together through the
communion of the Holy Ghost; and through fervent
love be in union and peace with one another, and do
nothing through strife or vain glory, but each esteem
other better than themselves. Philip. 2:3.
They that have thus become one bread with Christ
have a right to the breaking of bread, and may receive
it in remembrance of him, for such a people
he gave his body; they may drink out of the
cup, for they are cleansed by his blood, and have
by faith obtained that which is signified by the
wine. 1 Peter 1:19. Hence Paul writes: “The
cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the
communion of the blood of Christ? The bread
which we break, is it not the communion of
the body of Christ? For we being many are one
bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of
that one bread. Behold Israel after the flesh: are
not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the
altar?” 1 Cor. 10:16–18. For as Aaron and his
children ate the sacrifice, and no strangers might
eat thereof, so no one has a right to the breaking of
bread and the drinking of the cup, save only the
true, regenerated children of God, who are inwardly
baptized by Christ with the Holy Ghost and with
fire, and outwardly with water, upon their faith, and
are thus become one bread and body with Christ.
And as the children of Israel had to eat the paschal
lamb with unleavened bread, so also the Supper of
the Lord must be observed by an unleavened people,
who have purged out the old leaven, and are
become a new lump; or they observe it to their
condemnation. 1 Cor. 5:7.

Thus the bread is not his body, though Christ so
calls it; but it is a memorial of his body, which he
has given for us. For Christ said to his disciples:
He that receiveth you receiveth me. Matt. 10:40.
And he also says: Whosoever shall receive such a
child in my name receiveth me. Luke 9:48. These
words must not be so understood, that they receive
Christ bodily; but they that received such a child or
his disciples, did virtually as much as though they
had received Christ; for they were his messengers,
and they received them in his name. Paul also says
that the Israelites drank of that spiritual Rock that
followed them, which Rock was Christ (1 Cor. 10:4);
though Moses with his rod did not smite Christ, but
a stone, which signified Christ (Ex. 17:6). For as
through the smiting with Moses’ rod water ran out
of the stone, so that the Israelites drank; so God
the Father by his power caused the water of eternal
life to flow, to give drink to the spiritual Israelites;
hence he says: which Rock was Christ. They also,
he says, did eat the same spiritual meat; though
they yet ate only the figurative heavenly bread in
the wilderness; but God gave us the true bread from
heaven (John 6:50), which is Christ, of which the
bread which the Israelites ate was a figure. Therefore
Paul writes: They did all eat the same spiritual
meat. 1 Cor. 10:3. Christ and his apostles were
wont to call the signs and figures as though they
were the substance, as in the case of the two wives
(Gal. 4:24): Which things are an allegory; for
these are the two covenants; though the wives were
not the covenants, but they signify the covenants.

So one is also not to understand, that the bread
is the body of Christ; else the cup must also be the
testament, and the wine his blood, which is not so,
but they are only symbols by which his body, and
his blood, which was shed on the tree of the cross,
are to be remembered. Hence Christ says: This do
in remembrance of me.

8. I further also confess a Christian excommunication,
or exclusion from the church, which Christ
and his apostles themselves ordained and instituted,
and this in a twofold manner. In the first place,
Christ said to Peter and his other apostles: Whatsoever
ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven;
and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be
loosed in heaven. Matt. 18:18. For he previously
says: I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom
of heaven. 16:19. And he also says to his disciples:
“Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent
me, even so send I you. [And when he had said
this,] he breathed on them, and said unto them,
Receive ye the Holy Ghost: whosesoever sins ye
remit, they are remitted unto them; and whosesoever
sins ye retain, they are retained.” John
20:21–23. From this no one is to understand,
that Christ gave the apostles such power that they
might govern the kingdom according to their will.
God forbid; but he appointed unto them the kingdom,
as it had been appointed to him by his Father;
that they should govern it according to his
will. Hence he made them vicegerents, because he
could not remain with them. As the King of Spain,
when he wished to travel out of his dominion, he
appointed vicegerents in his place, that they should
govern the people according to his will; however,
he does not make them lords over it, but he commits
to them his laws, decrees and mandates.
Hence, whatever they have bound or loosed here in
this country, that is, what they have judged, must
stand before the King, as far as they have judged
according to his laws and customs; or he would
not be a true king. Thus Christ also gave his apostles
a rule, after which they were to govern themselves;
and he, moreover, gave them his Spirit, in
order that they might fully expound it to the church.
Hence Christ said to them: “And if thy hand offend
thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life
maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into
the fire that never shall be quenched.” The same
he also says with regard to the feet and the eyes.
Mark 9:43. Now as among them of Corinth there
was such an offensive member, who had his father’s
wife, Paul determined with his spirit and with the
power of Christ, when they were gathered together,
to deliver him to Satan, for the destruction of the
flesh, that the spirit might be saved. 1 Cor. 5:1.
Hence, that which Paul bound on earth was bound
in heaven, for he did it with the power of Christ;
for this was the power which they had received, to
cut off such offensive members, and to purge out
that old leaven, that they might be a new lump.
Hence he writes to the Thessalonians: “Now we
command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every
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brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the
tradition which he received of us.” 2 Thess. 3:6.
For the dead may not remain among the living, lest
their offensive smell be imparted to them, and they
also become unclean; hence one is to withdraw himself
from all unclean brethren and sisters. The apostle
also writes: “A man that is a heretic, after the
first and second admonition, reject; knowing that
he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned
of himself.” Tit. 3:10,11; Rom. 16:17.
“Such are to be avoided—for they cause contention
and offenses—that the church may not be corrupted
by their false doctrine. Hence we are to have nothing
to do with those who are excommunicated from
the church (1 Cor. 5:11), that we may not defile
ourselves with them; in the second place, that they
may be ashamed, and repent (2 Thess. 3:14), for it
is a punishment for amendment, and not for destruction.
Not as Israel’s excommunication which
was done by death (Deut. 13:5); but we are to
withdraw ourselves from all [such] brethren or sisters
without regard of person; for as Moses with his
severe, deadly excommunication did not make a
distinction of persons, so Christ makes no distinction
with his excommunication, which tends to
amendment. Hence the apostle writes: “I have
written unto you not to keep company, if any man
that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous,
or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner;
with such a one no not to eat.” 1 Cor. 5:11.

In the second place it is written, Matt. 18, where
he [Christ] gives them the keys. If thy brother shall
trespass against thee (here he does not speak of
offensive members, whom he would have cut off, as
is written in the same chapter; for he says:) go and
tell him his fault between thee and him alone; if he
shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother (that
is, if he confesses his guilt, you are to forgive him,
for it is not a deadly matter for which God has excommunicated
him; hence you are to forgive him,
even as God daily forgives you through Christ.
Eph. 4:32.) But if he will not hear thee, then take
with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two
or three witnesses every word may be established.
And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto
the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let
him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican
(which heathen and publicans were excluded from
the covenant of the Lord). Lev. 19:17; Deut. 17:6.
From this we may perceive, that this is spoken of
sins that may be adjusted between brother and
brother, and concerning which the apostles had received
no binding keys, except after the third
admonition, and then he is not punished for the sin,
though the sin is the cause, but for his disobedience.
Then said Peter: Lord, how oft shall my brother sin
against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Christ said: I say not unto thee, Until seven times:
but, Until seventy times seven; that is, as often as
brethren sin against one another, they are to forgive
one another, whether the sin consist in words or in
works upon which excommunication is not pronounced
by the Scriptures. For this is the key
with which every thing must be locked and unlocked,
bound and loosed, or it will not stand in
heaven. O my dear brethren, take good heed, that
it be always used rightly, and it shall redound much
to your peace.

9. Lastly I believe in and confess a resurrection of
the dead, both of the just and of the unjust. For as
by one man death came upon all men, so also by
one man the resurrection of the dead comes upon all
men. Rom. 5:12. As in Adam we all die, even so
in Christ we all are made alive (1 Cor. 15:21); every
one in his order, for many that sleep in the dust of
the earth shall wake, some to everlasting life, and
some to shame and everlasting contempt. Dan 12:2.
For the dead that are in the grave shall hear the
voice of Christ, and shall come forth; they that have
done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they
that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
John 5:28,29. For their faces shall be
blacker than darkness, and they shall be greatly
terrified and sigh for anguish of spirit; for they shall
all be placed before the judgment seat of Christ, and
shall there receive according to that they have done.
2 Cor. 5:10; Jer. 17:10. Then they shall say to
the mountains: Come and cover us, that we see not
the face of him that sitteth on the throne. Hosea
10:8; Rev. 6:16 Then they shall begin to creep
into the holes of bats, and to hide themselves in the
clefts of the rocks from the terrible majesty of the
Lord. Is. 2:20,21. But it will not be possible; for
he shall come in the clouds, and every eye shall see
him, and they shall then know whom they have
pierced. Matt. 24:30; Zech. 12:10; Rev. 1:7. And
they shall see the righteous stand in great boldness,
and shall say: These are they whom we sometimes
had in derision: we fools accounted their life madness:
How are they now numbered among the
children of God, and their lot is among the saints!
Wisdom 5:3. Then shall they fear that terrible
sentence; then Christ shall say: “Depart ye cursed,
into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his
angels.” Matt. 25:41. But the righteous shall
shine above the stars, yea, as the sun, in the throne
of their Father, and shall be clothed in white raiment,
and fed with the hidden heavenly bread, and
eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the
paradise of God. Then they shall hunger no more,
neither thirst any more; for the Lamb shall lead
them unto the fountain of living water; and then
they shall inherit all things, for they have overcome.
Dan. 12:3; Matt. 13:43; Rev. 2:7; Is. 49:10; Revelation
7:17.

Behold, how glorious they shall be that are accounted
worthy for the resurrection of the just; for
this corruptible shall put on incorruption, and this
mortal immortality. Now it is sown in corruption,
it is raised in incorruption: it is sown in dishonor,
it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness, it is
raised in power: it is sown a natural body, it is raised
a spiritual body, 1 Cor. 15:53,42–44. And Isaiah
says: But, Lord, thy dead shall live, and arise with
their bodies. Is. 26:19,312 Job says: I know, that my
Redeemer liveth, who shall hereafter raise me up
from the earth. This my skin shall encompass me,
and in my flesh shall I see God; mine eyes shall behold
774him and not another.313 Job 19:25. Then shall
the mortal clothing be put off, and the immortal put
on; then shall they have palms in their hands, and
a crown on their heads, and shall live forever; then
shall they sit with Christ on twelve thrones, and
judge the twelve tribes of Israel; then shall they
stand in great boldness before the face of them that
afflicted them; then shall the bride have her bridegroom,
Jesus Christ; then shall she hear his beloved
voice: Come, ye blessed, inherit the kingdom of my
Father, prepared for you from the foundation of the
world. 2 Esd. 2:45; Matt. 19:28; Wis. 5:1; Matthew
25:34. Thus I confess a resurrection of the
flesh, a righteous judgment, and an eternal life.
Amen.

See, my dear children, here I have briefly set
forth to you in writing my faith, that you may
know, in what faith your father died; and I hope
that it may serve for your instruction, and that you
may be induced the more to follow the same; the
Lord grant you his grace, that this may be accomplished.

Herewith I will commend my dear wife and children
to the Lord; may he help and bless you by
his Spirit, that you may all grow up in wisdom
holiness and righteousness: this I wish you with
all my heart. When we are to die, I do not know.

Finished in the year 1569, in May, in my prison,
at Bruges, by me, Jacob de roore, or the chandler.

Alle die lijden na den wille Godts, wilt hierop mercken,

Die bevelen haer Zielen den getrouwen Sheppermet goede Wercken.

1 Pet. 4:19





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