Appended to the Belgic Confession

April 2009 79 Guido De Brès Letter this. It declared that, on the one hand, they were willing and ready to obey the king in all lawful matters. But it added this heartfelt confes- sion, that rather than to deny the truth of God’s Word, they would, as the letter stated, “offer our backs to stripes, our tongues to knives, the mouth to the muzzle, and the whole body to the fire.” And they presented to the king their confession of faith, adding, “being ever ready and willing, if it be necessary,...