Protestantism in Poland and Bohemia - James Aitken Wylie

was called to the scaffold, "he rose hastily out of
his seat," says Comenius, "like one in an ecstasy,
saying, 'O, how I rejoice to see you, that I may tell
you what has happened to me! As I sat here
grieving that I had not one of my own communion
[the United Brethren] to dispense the Eucharist to
me, I fell asleep, and behold my Savior appeared
unto me, and said, 'I purify thee with my blood,'
and then infused a drop of his blood into my heart;
at the feeling of this I awaked, and leaped for joy:
now I understand what that is, Believe, and thou
hast eaten. I fear death no longer."
As he went on his way to the scaffold, Rosacius
said to him, "That Jesus who appeared to you in
your sleep, will now appear to you in his glory."
"Yes," replied the martyr, "he will meet me with
his angels, and conduct me into the banquetingchamber
of an everlasting marriage." Being come
to the scaffold, he fell on his face, and prayed in
silence. Then rising up, he yielded himself to the
executioner.
He was followed on the scaffold by Dionysius
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