Putting
in order my testament, my final and ultimate will . . .
I write and sign the religious truths in which I believe
and which I reaffirm [before I] die in Thy presence.
First:
I believe in the one and only God. . . . I renounce the
devil and all his lies.
Second:
I believe that God, our Lord and universal Creator, is one
and no
more.
Third:
I believe that the law of God our Lord, which the Christians
call the dead law of Moses, is alive and everlasting, as
recorded in the Holy Pentateuch. . . . What Christians say
about the ceremonials and Judaic precepts being dead and
having expired is against
one of their own Gospels. . . .
The
fourth belief of mine is that it is a sin to worship idols
and images, because it is against the commandments of God
our Lord. . . .
Sixth:
I believe that the sacred sacrament of circumcision is eternal.
. . .
Seventh:
I believe that Christ [i.e., the Messiah] the true Father
of the future son, Prince of peace, real son of David, possessor
of the scepter of Judah . . . has not arrived, [and] that
the redemption of the people and world of God has not been
achieved. . . .
Tenth:
I believe that King Antiochus, whom the Holy Scriptures
called root
of sin because he was the persecutor of God's people
and of His holy law, represents the kings of Spain and Portugal.
They have been and still are the root from which originate
the branches of the inquisitions and the persecutions of
the people of God and His holy law and to the blessed martyrs
who are the faithful and true Jews and who die for their
faith in this law. The princes who persecute call them judaizing
heretics. However, judaizing is not heresy but is living
according to the commandments of God our Lord. . . .
So I desire, and it is my wish, to die for His trust myself,
since I am only flesh and of frail nature; and just as I
have placed a mother and five sisters in danger for this
faith, I would give away a thousand, if I had them, for
the faith of each of His holy commandments.
