' He answered, 'God had
ordered it otherwise.' I desired him: to prepare himself for a
happier life, to acknowledge that he was a sinner, and to repent of
his faults: and, happening to mention the publican, who
acknowledged that he was a sinner, and asked God's mercy; he
answered, '_I am that publican_.' I went on, and told him that he
must have recourse to Jesus Christ, without whom there is no
salvation.'
"He replied, '_I place all my hope in Jesus Christ_.'
[Sidenote: The Death of Grotius.]
"I began to repeat aloud in German, the prayer which begins _Herr
Jesu:_[078] he followed me in a very low voice; with his hands
clasped. When I had done, I asked him, 'if he understood me.' He
answered, '_I understand you very well_.' I continued to repeat to
him those passages of the word of God, which are commonly offered
to the remembrance of dying persons; and asking him, 'if he
understood me,' he answered, '_I heard your voice, but I did not
understand what you said.
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