# Maerten Pieters And Gritgen Jans, A. D. 1569.

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In the year 1569, the 25th of June, there was put
to death for the testimony of the truth, in Briel,
reckoned to Holland, on the Maese, Maerten Pieters
of Maesland, a village situated near Delft in
Holland and with him Grietgen Jans, wife of Adriaen
Heynsen, a weaver of Swartewael. Maerten
Pieters was beheaded with the sword, and Grietgen
Jans was burnt at the stake, in the town, whereupon
their dead bodies were taken down, and conveyed
out of the town, to the place of execution, called the
Nieuwe Noordt. Here Maerten Pieters was laid
upon a wheel, and his head upon a stake. And
Grietgen Jans was again tied to a stake, and thus
given for food to the fowls of the heaven. Ps. 79:2.
And all this they suffered for the testimony of the
truth, were in no manner charged with any evil
works, but accused simply on account of having
united with those called Mennists, and having, according
to the doctrine of Christ, been baptized
upon their faith, seeking thus to please their Creator,
according to all their ability. Therefore they
have a firm and sure promise from God: that all
who have been put to death by men, for the testimony
of Jesus, shall receive again in great glory at
the resurrection of the dead these their members,
which are here sown in dishonor, being made like
unto the glorious body of Christ, and shall live with
him in unspeakable joy forever and ever. 2 Maccabees
7:11; Philip. 3:21; 1 Cor. 2:9.

This account of the sacrifice of these pious witnesses
of God is taken from the book of criminal
sentences of the town of Briel, commenced on Bamis,[303](/en/stories/mm-footnotes/part-16/#Footnote_303)
in the year 1564, and now, the 3d of June
1616, extracted from it by the clerk of said town.



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