n from the
captivity of the devil to the perfect liberty of the kingdom of Christ.

[The father preached many sermons to the Zambals in their own language,
which he had begun to learn when he first went to Bolinao, so many in
fact that they formed two MS. volumes in quarto; and of them copies
were made for the use of those not so well versed as himself in the
Zambal tongue. In April 1662 he was chosen definitor at the provincial
chapter, and lived for the three years of that office in the Manila
convent. At the following chapter in 1665, father Fray Juan was
elected provincial against his will. His term was one that needed
his strong rule, for there were troubles with the governor, Diego
Salcedo, who offered obstacles to the smooth ordering of affairs. He
materially advanced his order and brought some new stability into the
body which had suffered in the recent earthquakes, and the Chinese and
native insurrections. At the completion of his triennium he was chosen
president of the Recollect hospitium in Mexico. Setting sail for his
destination, July 4, 1668, the port of Acapulco was reached only on the
twenty-second of the following January, after a voyage replete with
storm and sickness. Proceeding to his destination the father entered
the hospitium of Mexico on the twelfth of February of the same year. In
1671, as related above, Father Juan de la Madre de Dios was ordered
to cast the vote of his province in the general chapter held in Spain
in 1672, and also to attend to various matters for his order. There
his stay being somewhat prolonged because of lack of funds and other
things he was made visitor general of certain Spanish convents, and
was later elected to high officers of the order in Aragon. Returning
to Nueva Espana with a band of missionaries he was again sent to Spain
on business of the order, but a broken arm received while on his way
from Sevilla to Madrid, caused his retirement to the Zaragoza convent,
where he died January 10, 1685, at the age of 68. Throughout his life,
he was most humble and led an austere existence.]

[Section ii of the following chapter treats of the life of father Fray
Thomas de San Geronimo. This father was born at the village of Yebenes,
in the archbishopric of Toledo, his family name being Ayala. He took
the habit in the Madrid convent, July 28, 1646. Upon going to the
Philippines he was sent to the missions of the Visayas. Devoting
himself there to the study of the languages he