# Peter Of Spain, Gomer The Mason, And Jacob The Goldsmith, A. D. 1560.

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In the same year three other pious brethren
sealed the truth with their death at Antwerp. One
of them was Peter, a Spaniard, to whom, a few
years previously, while yet in Spain, a brother from
Amsterdam, named Jacob Jans Ruytenburgh, had
spoken, and conversed with him different times
about God and his word. He finally came with the
brother, by ship, to Antwerp, leaving his wife and
children at St. Lucas, with the intention of returning
to them after a while, or to come and get them.
After his arrival at Antwerp, he, through ignorance,
was at first shunned by the brethren, who feared
treachery, since he was a Spaniard; however, upon
sufficient examination and instruction, he was admitted
not only to the assembly, but also as a brother
and fellow-member of the church of God, and received
baptism upon confession of his faith, which
he truly and frankly declared before the congregation.
Shortly after, when he was about to return
to Spain, to gain his wife and children, as also, some
of his friends and acquaintances, and to bring them
to the true knowledge of the truth, he was apprehended
by the Margrave, who was himself astonished
to have a Spaniard fall into his hands. He
was kept imprisoned for a long time, and the Spaniards
took great pains with him; but he, orally as
well as in writing, clearly demonstrated the truth
to them, in his own language, notwithstanding which
they sought to induce him to apostatize. But as
nothing could move him, remaining steadfast, he
finally boldly sealed the truth and his love to God
with his death, with Gomer the mason and Jacob
the goldsmith, who were together drowned in a
tub, for the name of Christ.



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