Chap. LXV.
Procopius Dworzecski de Olbramowitz; &c.
I. HAving heard the ſentence of death, he anſwered. Doth the Empereur promiſe himſelfe any thing when my head is taken off? Let him take it then. The next day hee ſaid unto the Miniſter of the Word. [I have had a contention all this night with the old Adam, even ſo as it made me ſweat: But thanks be to my God, by whoſe help my ſoule hath overcome all temptations.] He added this alſo [O Almighty God, I have commended my ſoul to thee, do thou protect it and cheriſh it, and withall ſtrengthen thy ſervant, that I may not be made a deriſton to my enemies by any fear of death. And as thou wert wont to encourage the holy Martyrs, ſo I ſtrongly beleeve thou wilt comfort me.]
2. When hee was called out to execution, hee readily anſwered, Thanks be to my God, who doth now call me to himſelf, for him I have lived, and for him will I die. il For becauſe my Saviour hath therefore died and riſen againe, that he might bee Lord both of the living and the dead, I know that this ſoule of mine ſhall live, and my body ſhall bee raiſed like to his glorious body.
