Protestantism in Poland and Bohemia - James Aitken Wylie

when it is tedious to sit long, and irksome to lie;
when I cannot walk unless I lean on a staff, or be
assisted by others, what profit would such a life be
to me? God forbid that I should be pulled from this
holy company of martyrs."
On the day of execution, when the minister
who was to attend him to the scaffold came to him,
he said, "I laid this miserable body on a bed, but
what sleep could so old a man have? Yet I did
sleep, and saw two angels coming to me, who
wiped my face with fine linen, and bade me make
ready to go along with them. But I trust in my God
that I have these angels present with me, not by a
dream, but in truth, who minister to me while I
live, and shall carry my soul from the scaffold to
the bosom of Abraham. For although I am a sinner,
yet am I purged by the blood of my Redeemer, who
was made a propitiation for our sins."
Having put on his usual attire, he made a robe
of the finest linen be thrown over him, covering his
entire person. "Behold, I put on my wedding
garment," he said. Being called, he arose, put on a
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