# Adriaen Hoedemaecker And Mattheus Keuse, A. D. 1574.

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At Bruges, in Flanders, in the year 1574, there
were also apprehended for following and practicing
the doctrine of Christ and his apostles, one Adriaen
Hoedemaecker, called Kort Adriaentgen [Short
Adrian] of Ghent, and one Mattheus Keuse, and
after they had been in confinement for a time, they
were, for the steadfast confession of their faith, sentenced
to be burned. When they came upon the
scaffold, to offer up their sacrifice, the priest addressed
several remarks to them, whereupon the
executioner said to him: “Attend to your preaching.”
The executioner then kissed these brethren,
and comforted them with the word of God, hearing
which the priest or confessor said to him: “Attend
to your office, for preaching is my business.” After
this and other things, these two brethren boldly
offered up their burnt sacrifice to the Lord, and
commended their souls into his hands, thus taking
their departure out of this vale of tears; to enter into
the eternal joy with God and all his saints.



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