When that he was gone a little further he ſaid, The righteous ſeem to dye in the eyes of fools, but indeede they go to their reſt; and a little after, Lord Jeſus Chriſt thou haſt promiſed, that who ſo comes unto thee, thou wilt not caſt him off. Behold I now come, look upon me, have pitty on me, pardon my ſinnes, receive my ſoul to thy ſelf; then he threw himſelfe upon his face, ſtretching out his hands, and crying with a loud voice, Come, come Lord Ieſus and do not tarry: and lifting himſelf upon his knees, he received the ſtroke of the ſword; his head was carryed to Kutteberg, and was fixed on a ſtake before the Gate.
Chap. 77.
Maximillian Hoſtialek.
HE was the chief Conſul of a learned and pious man, therefore he was admitted into the number of the directors; being condemn’d to death, he appeared ſadder then the reſt; being asked the reaſon by the miniſtry of the word, anſwered: The ſinnes of my youth do now come into my mind. For although he knew there was nothing did remaine, to condemn them which were in Chriſt Jeſus; yet that God did exerciſe juſtice as well as mercy towards his own. And be-
