went to the cupboard
and released the priest. He came forth.

"I pray you, sir, that you will not betray these good people. Surely
nothing that was said deserves death or punishment of any sort. But hie
thee away from hence, and let me entreat you to forget what thou hast
heard," whispered Farmer Hadden, in an imploring tone.

"No, no," answered the priest; "I would not for much forget those words
spoken by Master Foxe. I knew not that such words were to be found in
the Scriptures. That they are there I am sure, or so learned a man as
he is would not have spoken them. Christ tells us that if we believe in
Him we have eternal life, and that is, I opine, glory and happiness
unspeakable. Not that we shall have, but that we have it; that we have
passed from death unto life. Christ Himself spoke those words. He does
not say that we have any works to do, any penances to perform, but
simply that we are to put faith in Him. The Church, I know, says
differently; but there is a sweet and gracious meaning in those words
which struck deep into my heart. I will stay and have more conversation
with Master Foxe."

"I will summon him then," said the farmer; "I too would fain hear more
of these things from his lips."

Most willingly the preacher rose from his couch, and sat himself down
with the farmer and Father Overton. The lamps were lighted, so that
God's Word might be read; and thus they sat till the grey light of
morning broke into the room: the minister explaining the simple plan of
salvation, drawing all his words from the fountain source. The sun rose
in a clear sky, and scarcely was the morning meal concluded, before one
of the shipmen came up to announce that the wind was fair, the sea calm,
and that they might all return quickly on board. Another passenger was
added to them. Father Overton desired to accompany the party abroad.
"My house, and all I possess, I will leave behind me," he observed; "and
no small amount of wealth, to gather which I was imperilling my soul.
If I went back, the fate I was designing for others would assuredly be
mine; and I would rather learn more of God's Word, and have my faith
increased, than go back yet ignorant, and perchance relapse again into
the fearful errors of Rome."

In God's good providence the vessel arrived in two days at Newport in
Flanders, whence the party travelled to Antwerp. There, among the
Protestants of that city, most of the voyagers found refuge; Master