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Rh after confeſſed) that it was impoſſible for any bird in the world to fly ſo faſt; and falling down amongſt certain mountains full of buſhes and briars, he was drawn through the thickeſt of them; and being all over torn and rent, both in his cloaths, face and body, he began to call upon God; and to beſeech him for his help and aſſiſtance; upon which theſe cruel wicked fiends were forced to bring him back again through the air, and put him through a little window, in a chamber in his father's houſe, where after much ſearch and grief for him, he was there found in this pitiful condition, and almoſt diſtracted with fear and thus, though they had not power to deprive him of his life, as they have done to others; yet God ſuffered them to afflict the parents in the ſon, to warn them in future to forbear ſuch horrid wickedneſs.

XXX. But above all, that is moſt remarkable which happened in a town of Miſnia, in the year 1552, September 11. where a paſſionate father obſerving his ſon to be ſlack in his buſineſs, wiſhed, He might never ſtir from the place: which he had no ſooner ſpoken, but his ſon ſtuck faſt indeed; nor could by any means poſſible be removed, no not ſo much as to fit or bend his body, till by the frequent prayers of ſome good Chriſtians his pains were mitigated, though not remitted; three years he continued ſtanding, with a poſt at his back, for his eaſe; and four years ſitting; at the end whereof he died; nothing weakened in his underſtanding, put profeſſing the faith, and not doubting of his ſalvation through Jeſus Chriſt: when he was demanded at any time how he did, his anſwer uſually was, That he was faſtened of God, and that it was not in man, but the mercy of God only muſt releaſe him.—Clark's Exampl. 1 vol.