Chapter LXXII: Letter LIV: 135

TO MASTER JOHN CHRISTIAN.

[Exhortation.]

Christian, my master and benefactor, keep steadfast in the truth of Christ and in the love of his disciples. Fear not; for the Lord will shortly afford us his protection, and augment the number of his faithful believers. Be always kind to the poor, as thou wert wont; guard thy chastity; flee avarice; hold not several livings, but keep thy church, that the faithful may find refuge in thee, as in the bosom of a father. O thou, whom I love, salute for me Jacobel, and all the friends of the truth.

_Written in irons, and expecting to suffer death._

FOOTNOTE:

[135] _Hist. et Monum. Johann. Huss_, Epist. xvii.