A letter from John Calvin to five young Frenchmen about to be martyred in 1553 for carrying the gospel into France: We who are here shall do our duty in praying that He would glorify Himself more and more by your constancy, and that He may, by the comfort of His Spirit, sweeten and endear all that is bitter to the flesh, and so absorb your spirits in Himself, that in contemplating that heavenly crown, you may be ready without regret to leave all that belongs to this world. Now, at this present hour,
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