# Of The Constancy Of These Martyrs In The Fire; And How Ecbert Mocked Them.

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Cæsarius of Heisterbach writes, that this took
place in the Jewish cemetery, and that Arnold, as
he stood with his disciples or fellow-believers in the
fire, said: “Remain steadfast in your faith, for this
day you shall be with the holy martyr, Laurence.”
Cæsar., lib. 5, cap. 19.

Ecbert made sport of the death of these pious
people; for it appears, that, despising infant baptism,
they had said, that in order to be saved it was
necessary first to be baptized with the Holy Ghost
and with fire, in consequence of which this wicked
man inquiringly said: “And has not the city of
Cologne thus baptized (namely, with fire) your
arch-heretic Arnold with his accomplices, and the
city of Bonn, Theodoric with his copartners?”
Serm. 8, advers. Catharos.

O awful blasphemy! But the Lord shall render
to every man according to his righteousness and
faithfulness. 1 Sam. 26:23.

Note.—P. J. Twisck relates of these people that,
out of hatred, they were called Adamites, Catharists,
Patarini, and Passaginians, and that the Emperor
Frederick published some decrees against them.
“But thus, those who seek to live in the fear of
God, are always exterminated. In this manner,
certain persons, eight men, two women, and a girl,
who had gone from Flanders to Cologne, were
burned in a barn before the city, on the fifth of
August.” Chron., page 476, col. 1, 2, from Abbot
Trithem. Mer., fol. 765. Neoburgens., lib. 11,
cap. 15.



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