A Little Song of

Jan the elder gave a fine exhortation,
To his wife to teach her children,
Not to associate with any false teachers,
Only those who have the fear of the Lord.

Acts 5. e. 42

They all three spoke unburdened,
So as not to weaken the women:
† Now we must rejoice
That we are worthy to suffer.

They were so very joyful,
With one another likewise;
O Lord, praise must be Yours always,
That Your glory shall appear.
They kissed one another all three,
Such fruit one had never seen;
They praised the Lord’s name,
Spreading His fame.

A great fruit is won there

Joan. 18. b. 12.

† Apoc. 18. a. 3

In *Annas’ house of priests original: "Papen" - a derogatory term for Catholic priests.,
And the merchants from whom one suffers,
They went there to gather pleasure;
They said to the Margrave then:
Now they are put in iron,
They shall not escape,
Or their lives will be taken from them.

Call now your Sophists everywhere,
Let your trumpets blow,
You Pharisees without number,
You Babylonian hares A term often used in polemics to denote fearful or elusive enemies.,
And all you Sadducees,

Gather yourselves all together,
And think now as before,
Of the blood of the chosen.

Subtle were they all entirely,
The Margrave with his priests,
And many doctors in general
Came to those poor sheep,
From Leuven and also nearby;
They intended to root out much heresy
And false teaching,
But it was not necessary.

Come, Margrave, and tell the reason,
What wonder you heard,
When you were together,
How lovingly they answered,
And all with the Lord’s word.
Thus you were disturbed with your learned men,
And ignited with wrath;
Luc. 21. b. 14

They could not ‡ contradict it.

They find themselves entirely deceived,
Those who set themselves against God’s people.
They boasted, great and small,
To strike down the Christians,
But it fell so sourly for them
To fight against the Scripture;
It is all shown to them,
They could read it themselves.

Such good testimony
Has the Margrave given of them;
If I had stayed with them for fourteen days,