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He parted from his friends as if he were never to meet them again,
and went on his journey feeling that it was leading him to the stake.
Notwithstanding he had obtained a safe-conduct from the king of
Bohemia, and received one also from the emperor Sigismund while on
his journey, he made all his arrangements in view of the probability of
his death.
In a letter addressed to his friends at Prague he said: “My brethren, ...
I am departing with a safe-conduct from the king to meet my numerous
and mortal enemies.... I confide altogether in the all-powerful God,
in my Saviour; I trust that He will listen to your ardent prayers, that
He will infuse His prudence and His wisdom into my mouth, in order
that I may resist them; and that He will accord me His Holy Spirit to
fortify me in His truth, so that I may face with courage, temptations,
prison, and, if necessary, a cruel death. Jesus Christ suffered for His
well-beloved; and therefore ought we to be astonished that He has left
us His example, in order that we may ourselves endure with patience
all things for our own salvation? He is God, and we are His creatures;
He is the Lord, and we are His servants; He is Master of the world,
and we are contemptible mortals—yet He suffered! Why, then, should
we not suffer also, particularly when suffering is for us a purification?
Therefore, beloved, if my death ought to contribute to His glory, pray
that it may come quickly, and that He may enable me to support all my
calamities with constancy. But if it be better that I return amongst you,
let us pray to God that I may return without stain—that is, that I may not
suppress one tittle of the truth of the gospel, in order to leave my brethren
an excellent example to follow. Probably, therefore, you will nevermore
behold my face at Prague; but should the will of the all-powerful God
deign to restore me to you, let us then advance with a firmer heart in the
knowledge and the love of His law.”—Bonnechose, vol. 1, pp. 147, 148.
In another letter, to a priest who had become a disciple of the gospel,
Huss spoke with deep humility of his own errors, accusing himself “of
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