# Pieter Pieters Beckjen, Burnt Alive At Amsterdam, For The Testimony Of Jesus Christ, On The 26th Day Of February, A. D. 1569.

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The dreadful murdering, burning and killing of
the innocent and upright followers of Jesus Christ
were not sufficient at this time to deter from the
true confession and practice of the Christian faith a
certain pious brother and faithful witness of the
Lord, named Pieter Peters Beckjen, by trade a
boatman on the Amstel, and so zealous, that at
divers times he gathered the little flock of the oppressed
pious who lived about Amsterdam, into his
boat, in order to edify one another with the word of
God, and to strengthen one another in the accepted
faith.

And when it came to pass that his dear wife bore
him a child, he, from Christian carefulness, took
said infant with him to a place where it might be
secure from the superstition of the papists, and from
being baptized.

In short, he manifested his zeal in every respect,
notwithstanding the cruelty of the rulers of darkness,
and this with a sincere and good intention, till
finally he was, on that account, denounced to the
magistrates of the city of Amsterdam, apprehended,
dreadfully tortured, and, at last, when he would not
apostatize, sentenced to death, and burnt alive, as
appears from the sentence, which, for confirmation
of said matter, was faithfully and correctly sent to us
from the hands of the Secretary there. In it can be
seen, on the one hand, the steadfast confession of
this martyr, and on the other hand, how awfully
the rulers of darkness misinterpreted the same, and
construed it to an evil, shameful and terrible end.



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