# A Smith At Komen, A. D. 1551.

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In or about the year 1551, a smith was apprehended
for the divine truth, at Komen, in Flanders.
He freely confessed his faith, and as he would not
depart from it, he was sentenced to death in two
ways, namely, if he recanted, he was to be executed
with the sword; otherwise to be burned alive. To
this end, two-fold preparations were made; but seeing
the multitude, and fearing trouble, the authorities
kept the brother in prison. Hence, some
climbed to the top of the prison and broke through
the roof, to see what was being done with the
doomed man. At last, one knocked at the door of
the prison, desiring to know whether the brother
was alive or dead. Having been admitted, he immediately
returned with blood on his hand, which he
showed to the people, saying: “He is dead! He
is dead!” The dead man was then brought out on
a ladder, with his head lying between his legs, and
the ladder placed upon the wall of the churchyard,
where the priest made a long speech (a sermon
probably), saying among other things, that he had
renounced his heretical belief, and re-accepted the
Roman church and her saving faith; and “holding
now a good resolution,” said he, “he was instantly
executed, lest he might fall back into his old error.”
But it was firmly believed that the priest slandered
the dead man, and this the more so, since after relating
the sentence, he said that he obstinately
adhered to his previous confession. Thus God constrains
the wicked, in the telling of their lies, themselves,
unawares, to reveal the truth of the matter.



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