Protestantism in Poland and Bohemia - James Aitken Wylie

Czernin, of Chudenitz. This sufferer was a
Romanist, but his counsels not pleasing the Jesuits,
he fell under the suspicion of heresy; and it is
probable that the Fathers were not sorry to see hint
condemned, for his death served as a pretext for
affirming that these executions were for political,
not religious causes.
When the other prisoners were declaring their
faith, Czernin protested that this was his faith also,
and that in this faith did he die. When the others
received the Lord's Supper, he stood by dissolved
in tears, praying most fervently, he was offered the
Eucharistic cup; but smiting on his breast, and
sighing deeply, he said, "I rest in that grace which
hath come unto me." He was led to the scaffold by
a canon and a Jesuit, but gave small heed to their
exhortations. Declining the "kiss of peace," and
turning his back upon the crucifix, he fell on his
face, and prayed softly. Then raising himself, and
looking up into the heavens, he said, "They can kill
the body, they cannot kill the soul; that, O Lord
Jesus, I commend to thee," and died.
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