Numbers 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.