• “Sin is more dangerous than wild bears, more deadly than blazing forest fires. Ask Nebuchadnezzar, who lost his mind because he refused to deal with his pride. Ask Samson, who was reduced to a pathetic shred of a man because he never got control over the lusts of his flesh. Ask Achan and Ananias and Sapphira, who all lost their lives over “small,” secret sins.” – Nancy Leigh DeMoss

Anabaptists

Song of Annelein of Freiburg, who was drowned and then burned in 1529

The 36th Song

Song of Annelein of Freiburg, who was drowned and then burned in 1529

 

To the… Continue reading

ELIZABETH AND HADEWIJK; OF WHOM THE FORMER WAS DROWNED AT LEEUWARDEN, AND THE LATTER ESCAPED DEATH, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1549

This Elizabeth was of a noble family, and had in her youth been put by her parents into the convent… Continue reading

MARIA OF MONJOU, A. D. 1552

As it is known and manifest according to the testimony of the divine Scriptures, that all who have been righteous,… Continue reading

TWO YOUNG GIRLS, ABOUT A. D 1550

About the year 1550, it happened in the bishopric of Bamberg, that two young girls espoused and received Christ by… Continue reading

JOHN KNEL OR BUCHNER, AND ANNA CANTIANA, A. D. 15.50

In the year 1550, there were imprisoned in the city of London, in England, two pious witnesses of Jesus, a… Continue reading

SENTENCE OF DEATH OF CECILIA JERONYMUS

Whereas Cecilia, daughter of Jeronymus, of Wormer, has joined the doctrine, sect and heresies of the Anabaptists, having been rebaptized,… Continue reading

JOHN CLAESS TESTAMENTS WRITTEN TO WIFE AND OTHERS, IN THE YEAR 1544A

JOHN CLAESS, AND LUCAS LAMBERTS, AN OLD MAN, CALLED GRANDFATHER; TOGETHER WITH SEVERAL TESTAMENTS WRITTEN BY JOHN CLAESS, WHILE IN… Continue reading

MARIA VAN BECKUM, AND URSULA, HER BROTHER’S WIFE, A. D. 1544

In the year 1544, there was a sister in the Lord, named Maria van Beckum, whom her mother had driven… Continue reading

BALTHASAR HUBMOR, AND HIS WIFE

At the time of Zwinglius there was also one Balthasar Hubmor of Friedberg, whom the papists called a doctor of… Continue reading

ANNA OF ROTTERDAM, PUT TO DEATH IN THAT PLACE, A. D. 1539

The following is the Testament which Anna of Rotterdam left and presented to her son, Isaiah, on the twenty-fourth of… Continue reading

  • “He never gives you more than you can bear. Every burden prepares you for eternity.” – Basilea Schlink

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