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Num_27:4 Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us [therefore] a possession among the brethren of our father.
Ver. 4. Give unto us, therefore, a possession.] This plea for a part in a land not yet conquered is a proof of their faith, and could not but encourage others. Such a masculine faith was that of Mrs. Anne Askew, martyr, who thus subscribed her confession: Written by me, Anne Askew, that neither wisheth for death, nor feareth his might; and as merry as one that is bound for heaven. {a} I will not bid you good night - said Helen Stirk, a Scotchwoman, to her husband, at the place where they both suffered martyrdom - for we shall suddenly meet in the heavenly Canaan. {b} And was it not by the force of her faith, - that "substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen," {Heb_11:1} - that Crispina gaudebat, cum tenebatur, cum audiebatur, cum damnabatur, cum ducibatur. {c}
{a} Act. and Mon., fol. 1128.
{b} Ibid., 1154.
{c} Aug., in Psal. cxxxvi.