# The Second Letter Of Jan Van Hasebroeck.

16th century (source section) · Historical source

Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: THE SECOND LETTER OF JAN VAN HASEBROECK.

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Abundant grace and peace be with you from God
the heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, his dear
and much beloved Son, our Lord, through whom
we expect our salvation; may he by his Spirit confirm,
strengthen, and comfort you in all your tribulation
and temptation, outward and inward, that
you may be able to stand firm and immovable in his
truth, to the end of your life, to his praise, and to
the salvation of your soul; this I wish you, my dear
and much beloved wife and sister in the Lord, as a
friendly greeting and adieu in Christ Jesus. Amen.

After all heartfelt greetings, my dear and much
beloved wife, be pleased to know, that I am still
reasonably well according to the flesh, the Lord be
praised forever for his grace; and my mind is always
ready yet to go on in what I declared and confessed
before the rulers of the darkness of this world;
and I trust by the grace of the Lord to seal the
same with my blood and death, so that I unworthy
one may obtain the promise, where he says:
“Whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the
gospel’s, the same shall save it; and whosoever shall
confess me before men, him will I confess also before
my Father which is in heaven.” Mark 8:35; Matthew
10:32. Therefore, my most beloved love, be
of good cheer, and always comfort yourself, and be
comforted with the words of the Lord; and do not
grieve too much on account of the work and will of
the Lord, for he worketh all things after the counsel
of his own will (Eph. 1:11), and no one has ever
been the Lord’s counselor. Hence, my dear and
much beloved wife and sister in the Lord, though
we have had little joy with each other during the
time that the Lord has joined us together, and must
now part with sorrow, we know that the Lord has
promised us nothing here but tribulation and sorrow,
as Christ said to his disciples: Ye shall weep
and lament, but the world shall rejoice; and ye shall
be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into
joy. John 16:20. Christ also says: “In the world ye
shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have
overcome the world” v. 33. He further says: “Blessed
are they that weep now: for they shall laugh; but
woe unto them that laugh now: for they shall weep.”
Luke 6:21,25. Again, in another place he says:
“Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be
comforted.”

Thus, my dear and much beloved wife and sister
in the Lord, comfort yourself with these beautiful
words and promises of Christ, which partly also belong
to you; for in that you are sorry, you are sorry
after a godly manner. And Paul says, that godly
sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be
repented of: but the sorrow of this world worketh
death. 2 Cor. 7:9,10.

O my dear wife, Paul, in another place, further
says, that our light affliction, which is but for a moment,
worketh for us a far more exceeding and
eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the
things which are seen, but at the things which are
not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal;
but the things which are not seen are eternal.
2 Cor. 4:17,18. And the sufferings of this
740
present time are not worthy to be compared with
the glory which shall be revealed in us. Rom. 8:18.
For the apostle says, that eye hath not seen, nor
ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of
man, the things which God hath prepared for them
that love him. 1 Cor. 2:9. Therefore, my dear and
much beloved wife and sister in the Lord, since we
have such beautiful promises for this little and temporal
suffering, be of good cheer, and always patient
in your tribulation and temporal sufferings, continuing
instant in prayer, patient in hope (Rom. 12:12),
and wait for the time of your redemption with long
suffering. I trust by the grace of the Lord to be an
example and pattern to you, and to leap by my
God over a wall (Ps. 18:29), to go to meet Christ,
my bridegroom, as he has commanded me (Matthew
25:1); and also to go and await you under the
altar of the Lord, where all God’s elect shall rest,
until the number of their fellow brethren that must
yet be killed for the testimony of Jesus, like we, is
fulfilled. Rev. 6:9,11.

Therefore, my dear and much beloved wife and
sister in the Lord, always wait with patience for the
Lord your God, as did the wise virgins, who had
oil in their vessels; and were ready to go in with
their bridegroom, whereunto we all that believe in
Christ are called, to sup with him. Rev. 3:20. For,
as Christ himself says, Luke 12:37: Blessed are
those servants, whom the Lord when he cometh
shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he
shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to
meat, and will come forth and serve them. Matthew
24:46.

Hence, my dear wife and sister in the Lord, always
be of good cheer, comfort yourself with the
words of the Lord, and be patient and resigned in
that which the Lord has ordered concerning you.
Though he now comes to visit you with tribulation,
suffering or poverty, think that Christ, when
he was rich, for our sakes became poor, that through
his poverty he might make rich us who were poor.
2 Cor. 8:9. And James, also, says, that God has
chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs
of the kingdom which he hath promised to them
that love him. James 2:5.

O my dear wife, think of old Tobit; when all his
goods had been taken from him, and he had to flee
with his wife and his son, he said: “And fear not,
my son; true, we are poor, but we shall have much
wealth, if we fear the Lord, keep his commandments,
shun sin, and do good.” Tobit 1:20; 4:21.

Hence, my much beloved wife and sister in the
Lord, Christ also says in the Gospel: “Be not
afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have
no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you
whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath
killed hath power to cast body and soul into hell.”
Luke 12:4,5. And in another place: “Fear not,
little flock; for it is your father’s good pleasure to
give you the kingdom.” Verse 32. And the prophet
Isaiah also says: “Fear not men, nor the children
of men, who must perish like grass; for all flesh is
as grass; and all the goodliness thereof is as the
flower of the field: the grass withereth, the flower
fadeth, but the word of the Lord abideth forever.”
Is. 51:12; 40:6,8.

Further, my dear and greatly beloved wife and
sister in the Lord, be pleased to know, that it was a
great joy for me to hear that you were of such good
cheer in your tribulation, and that you have committed
us four to the Lord; wherefore I rejoice, and
pray the Lord from the heart, that he would
strengthen and stablish you, and give you his divine
Spirit for a Comforter and Guide, since now is
the time of which Christ said (Matt. 24:24), that
many false prophets and false Christs should arise,
yea, that even the very elect, if it were possible,
should be led into error.

Therefore, my dear and much beloved wife, take
good heed, that no robber deceive you by philosophy
and vain deceit, after the rudiments of the
world; and that you may not have labored in vain,
but may receive your reward, so that no man may
take your crown. Hence have your conversation
always in heaven, from whence we look for our Savior,
Christ Jesus our Lord; who shall change our
vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his
glorious body. Philip. 3:20,21. Herewith I will
commend you, my dear and much beloved wife, and
both my children, to the Lord, and bid you farewell,
until we shall meet hereafter, where men shall
part us no more; for the apostle says, that the Lord
himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, and
with the voice of the archangel; and the dead in
Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and
remain shall be caught up together with them in the
clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we
ever be with the Lord (1 Thess. 4:16,17): then
men shall not part us. O my most beloved wife
and sister in the Lord, I herewith bid you adieu,
and commend you to the Lord, and to the word of
his grace; and may the peace of God, which passeth
all understanding, rule in your heart. Adieu, my
dear wife, and greet much them that inquire after
me, especially my brother, and bid him adieu,
adieu. O adieu, my dear and much beloved wife.
Jan Koopman and Hansken greet you most heartily,
and also bid you adieu. Amen.





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