# Jacob The Cobbler And His Wife, Grietjen Van Bruyssel, Anneken Van Bruyssel, Tanneken Walraven, A. D. 1575. [Previous page: EXTRACT FROM THE COURT RECORDS OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL MATTERS OF THE CITY OF ANTWERP.](/en/stories/mm-extract-from-the-court-records-of-criminal-and-civil-matters-of-the-city-of-antwerp/) · [Book contents](/en/sources/martyrs-mirror/#book-contents) · [Next page: CLAES VAN ARMENTIERSS, AND LIJNTGEN, A YOUNG MAIDEN, A. D. 1575.](/en/stories/mm-claes-van-armentierss-and-lijntgen-a-young-maiden-a-d-1575/) In the year 1575, on the eve of Whitsuntide, there were also burnt alive, with their tongues screwed fast, at Antwerp, in Brabant, the following witnesses of Jesus: Jacob the Cobbler and his wife; Grietjen van Bruyssel, a widow; Anneken van Bruyssel, a young maiden; and Tanneken Walraven, the mother of Jacques Walraven, of Amsterdam. These died together, except the wife of Jacob the Cobbler, who, being enciente, had to wait until her delivery, and thus following the footsteps of her husband, she willingly delivered up her life for the testimony of Jesus. Every reader ought further to notice, how directly these papists followed the footsteps of the envious and truth-hating scribes and Pharisees, who stopped their ears, that they should not hear the words of truth which were declared to them by that faithful witness of God, Stephen. So did also these scribes, with still greater tyranny deal with these friends of God, taking instruments invented for this purpose by the monks, in which they screwed fast the tongues of these prisoners, to deprive them of the power of speech, that they, on their way to death, should not be able to proclaim to the by-standing people the truth from the word of God, and the innocence of their death. How will these persecutors answer for their course before the judgment-seat of Christ, who knowing that Christ pronounced so many woes upon the scribes and Pharisees, who killed and stoned the prophets sent to them, nevertheless followed their works; hence they may expect the same reward from the righteous Judge, who shall reward every one according to his works. On the other hand, these witnesses can in truth console themselves, that to them, whose tongues were bound here, and who had to suffer for the truth a little while, it will yield the peaceable fruit of righteousness, when in the revelation of Christ their mouths shall be filled with laughter, and their tongues with praise, and they shall stand in great boldness before the face of such as have afflicted them, and made no account of their labors, being thus under the blessed promise of Christ, who said: “Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” And Peter: “If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye.” 1 Pet. 1:6; Heb. 12:11; Ps. 126:2; Matt, 5:10; 1 Pet. 4:14. These witnesses wrote many letters from their prison, but they were lost through the Spanish insurrection, which occurred at Antwerp on the 4th of November, A. D. 1576. ## Original source [Read this passage on Project Gutenberg](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/65855/pg65855-images.html#Page_956) [Edition details](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65855) [Previous page: EXTRACT FROM THE COURT RECORDS OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL MATTERS OF THE CITY OF ANTWERP.](/en/stories/mm-extract-from-the-court-records-of-criminal-and-civil-matters-of-the-city-of-antwerp/) · [Book contents](/en/sources/martyrs-mirror/#book-contents) · [Next page: CLAES VAN ARMENTIERSS, AND LIJNTGEN, A YOUNG MAIDEN, A. D. 1575.](/en/stories/mm-claes-van-armentierss-and-lijntgen-a-young-maiden-a-d-1575/) --- Page: https://history.truechristian.church/en/stories/mm-jacob-the-cobbler-and-his-wife-grietjen-van-bruyssel-anneken-van-bruyssel-tanneken-walraven-a-d-1575/ [Contribute a correction or addition](https://github.com/trueChristian/history.truechristian.church/issues/new?title=Correction%3A+Jacob+The+Cobbler+And+His+Wife%2C+Grietjen+Van+Bruyssel%2C+Anneken+Van+Bruyssel%2C+Tanneken+Walraven%2C+A.+D.+1575.&body=%23%23+Page+or+topic%0AJacob+The+Cobbler+And+His+Wife%2C+Grietjen+Van+Bruyssel%2C+Anneken+Van+Bruyssel%2C+Tanneken+Walraven%2C+A.+D.+1575.%0A%0APage%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fhistory.truechristian.church%2Fen%2Fstories%2Fmm-jacob-the-cobbler-and-his-wife-grietjen-van-bruyssel-anneken-van-bruyssel-tanneken-walraven-a-d-1575%2F%0A%0ARecord%3A+mm-jacob-the-cobbler-and-his-wife-grietjen-van-bruyssel-anneken-van-bruyssel-tanneken-walraven-a-d-1575%0A%0ADate+currently+shown%3A+1575%0A%0A%23%23+Correction+or+addition%0A%0A%0A%0A%23%23+Sources+and+evidence%0APlease+include+book%2Fpage+references%2C+archive+links%2C+or+first-hand+documentation.%0A%0A%0A%0A%23%23+Image+credit+%28if+applicable%29%0ACreator%2C+source%2C+and+permission+or+public-domain+basis.%0A%0A%0A%0ASubmitted+for+review%3B+this+issue+does+not+publish+changes+automatically.)