# Jerome Segers, With His Wife Lijsken Dircks, And Big Henry, A. D. 1551.

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In the year of our Lord 1551, Jerome Segers,
with his wife Lijsken Dircks, and Big Henry fell
into the hands of the tyrants, for the testimony
of Jesus, at Antwerp in Brabant. They suffered
many severe torments and sharp examinations, but,
through the grace of God, endured them all. And
as they, through faith, were so firmly bound to their
Captain Christ Jesus, that nothing could induce them
to apostatize, they brought Jerome Segers and Big
Henry to the slaughter, on the second day of September,
A. D. 1551. Both, each at a stake, surrendered
their bodies in great steadfastness to God as a
well pleasing sacrifice. Lijsken Dircks, the wife of
Jerome Segers, who was pregnant, was (after her
delivery) thrust into a bag early in the morning,
between three and four o’clock, and murderously
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thrown into the Scheldt and drowned, before people
were up. Nevertheless; there were some that saw it,
who testified to her firm and steadfast faith unto
death. They now rest together under the altar.
Read the following beautiful letters written by them,
which attest their strong faith, firm hope and ardent
love to God and his holy truth.



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