# Jacob Egli, A. D. 1639.

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The misery of the beloved friends and children of
God continued; insomuch that in the year 1639
they laid their hands also on a pious hero and soldier
of Christ, named Jacob Egli, from the Groeningen
Bailiwick. He was also taken to Zurich, and
there imprisoned in the convent dungeon Othenbach.

Herein he persevered upwards of seventy weeks,[354](/en/stories/mm-footnotes/part-17/#Footnote_354)
but was finally no longer able to endure, according
to the flesh, the severity of the place and the bad
treatment, so that he at last, when his strength
failed more and more, and his infirmities increased,
with a cheerful heart, commended his soul into the
hands of God, and through death departed this life.

Thus he finished the course of his pilgrimage, and
entered into the saints’ rest, to triumph hereafter,
where there shall be no more death, neither sorrow,
nor crying, nor pain; where all things shall be made
new and turned into joy, according to the Lord’s
promise, Rev. 21:4. See Tract Jer. Mang., fol. 18,
B.; also, M. Meyli. Tract, fol. 7, A., num. 10.

Note.—A. D. 1639 there was also apprehended
the brother George Weber, an old man, from the
county of Kiberg. The same was also taken to
Zurich, into the convent Othenbach, and there fed
on bread and water.

Finally, through the hardships and long duration
of his imprisonment, he became greatly impaired in
his body, and fell into a severe sickness, after he
had been confined there seventy weeks.

Afterwards, through some of his fellow-prisoners,
who opened the prison, he was released, but never
again recovered his property.

As regards the homestead of this George Weber,
as also that of Jacob Egly, the owners of the same
must each annually pay therefor to the authorities
five hundred guilders. Jer. Mang. Tract, fol. 19, A.

1055



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