# Dirk Pieters Smuel And Jacob Den Geldersman, Burnt Alive At Amsterdam, On The 24th Of May, A. D. 1546.

1546 · Historical source

Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: DIRK PIETERS SMUEL AND JACOB DEN GELDERSMAN, BURNT ALIVE AT AMSTERDAM, ON THE 24TH OF MAY, A. D. 1546.

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After manifold tribulations and afflictions upon
the pious followers of Jesus Christ, it came to pass,
that the Procurator from the Hague, and the Bailiff
of Amsterdam, Waterlandt and Zeevanck, came to
Edam with a whole troop of beadles. These came
on the 12th of March, that is on the Friday preceding
Shrove Tuesday, A. D. 1546, at night, with
torches, and lanterns, to the house of Dirk Pieters
Smuel and Jacob den Geldersman, both of them
citizens of Edam, of one faith, and seekers of the
truth. They took them out of their own houses
from their beds, and led them from the east end out
of the stone portal to the west end, where they were
put into a boat, and thus brought prisoners to Amsterdam,
whence, after a certain time, they were
brought to the Hague, where, on the 16th of May
of the same year, they were examined concerning
their faith, and as they would steadfastly adhere to
the accepted truth, were sentenced, on the 22d of
May, in the high court of the lords of this world, to
be burnt alive. Thereupon they were again brought
to Amsterdam, where, after suffering many trials,
they were bound on ladders, and burned alive, enduring
it with great steadfastness. They joyfully
surrendered and forsook their earthly habitations,
and are now awaiting a building of God, which shall
endure forever in heaven. 2 Cor. 5:1.





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