The Fourth Letter of Hansken van den Wege

The unfathomable and abundant great grace and mercy of God our heavenly Father, given and bestowed upon us through Jesus Christ the Son of the true and living God, and Jesus Christ, with all His humility, meekness, and great holiness, indeed, the great power, comfort and full joy of the Holy Ghost, this we wish you from the depth of our soul, and with all the strength of our heart, our dear and much beloved chosen sister in the Lord, together with all who fear and love the Lord, and call on Him out of a pure heart. This is our perpetual, blessed wish, indeed, our holy greeting; may the Lord grant you this our blessed wish and holy greeting, and make you wise in what is good, and simple in what is evil; so that you may be found upright and perfect, fearing God, and turning away from evil. Amen.

Further, dear and much beloved chosen sister in the Lord, we wish you, and also ourselves, and all people, the eternal, great and blessed treasure to which Christ compares the kingdom of heaven; which a man found and hid, and for joy over it went and sold all that he had, and bought that field. Yes, dear sister in the Lord, let us also be minded as he was who had found the treasure. Since the treasure is now also revealed to us, through Jesus Christ the Son of God, let us also hide it, and this with great diligence, with prayer, supplication and fasting in the Spirit to God, for where there is a treasure, the thieves and murderers seek to get it; so let us take good heed that it is not taken from us, and let us go in righteousness and peace, and with great joy and gladness, in the Holy Ghost; for the kingdom of God is righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. Romans 14, verse 17. So let us go on in this way, since the treasure that lies hidden in the field before so many is revealed to us. Let us therefore be diligent, yes, dear sister; let us go on, and with great steadfastness in meekness follow the infallible truth, Jesus Christ; for He is the way, the truth, and the life. So let us always follow Him, and let us go on in this way until the time that we have forsaken and sold everything, and let us then buy the field in which the treasure is hidden; for he who does not forsake everything, Christ says, is not worthy of me. For if it were hidden in a great, broad field, many would come and search for it, but only one would find the treasure; so also the good and blessed treasure, Jesus Christ the Son of God, lies hidden in the field of the holy Scriptures, and many indeed come and search for it, but only one finds it; namely, all the members that are in the body of which Jesus Christ is the head have found the treasure Jesus Christ, with all His graces and merits; and also eternal life. They may now well rejoice greatly in the Holy Ghost, that they have found the great, beautiful, and holy treasure (Jesus Christ), and say with the prophet: "The lines are fallen to me in pleasant places; the Lord is the portion of my inheritance: therefore I will not fear; though my flesh and my heart fail, you, O Lord, are the strength of my heart, and my portion forever; yes, the Lord is my portion, says my soul, therefore I will hope in him." Psalm 16, verse 6; verse 5; Psalm 73, verse 26; Lamentations 3, verse 24.

Therefore, my dear and much beloved chosen sister in the Lord, let us go on with a valiant, firm and strong confidence, and with great humility and meekness of heart, and with a great desire for our holy and blessed treasure (Jesus Christ); and the Lord will desire our beauty. And when the Lord comes with His mighty angels, and with the sound of the trumpet, in the clouds, to reward every man according to his works, then the elect will be gathered together from the four winds of heaven, and they will be set, as sheep, on His right hand, and the ungodly, as goats, on the left; then we shall hear the sweet and blessed words: Come, you blessed, inherit the kingdom of my Father, prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Second Thessalonians 1, verse 7; Matthew 16, verse 27; Matthew 24, verses 30 and 31; Matthew 25, verses 33 and 34. Then we shall enter into the great, beautiful and imperishable glory of the Lord, where we shall be in great glory and unspeakable, great and eternal joy, and so be forever with the Lord of lords, King of kings, God of gods, and Father of fathers, and praise, thank, glorify, honor and sanctify Him, for Holy, holy, is the holy Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come. Revelation 4, verse 8. But to those on the left hand He will say: Depart, you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for you and the devil; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. So, O dear and much beloved in the Lord, let us take good heed that we do not sleep in sin, or our treasure will be taken; for when people sleep, thieves go and rob them. But let us watch and pray and adorn ourselves as the five wise virgins did, who had oil in their lamps; so that when the Bridegroom comes, we may enter in to His glorious and imperishable marriage, where the Lord will be praised forever, for it is a good thing to sing praises to our God.

With this I commend you to the Lord, and to the rich Word of His grace. Amen. Always remember us in your holy prayers to God, as Paul says: "Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them." Hebrews 13, verse 2. For we also remember you for the best in our prayers, according to our weak ability, for it is written: All things that you would want people to do to you, do the same to them: for this is the law and the prophets. Matthew 7, verse 12. [n1019-1]

Written out of great brotherly love, and sent by us three prisoners for the word and the holy name of the Lord, to you, our dear and much beloved sister in the Lord. Amen: