# Three Sisters, Namely, Elizabeth Bachmanni, Elssa Bethezei, And Sarah Wanrij, About A. D. 1643.

c. 1643 · Historical source

Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: THREE SISTERS, NAMELY, ELIZABETH BACHMANNI, ELSSA BETHEZEI, AND SARAH WANRIJ, ABOUT A. D. 1643.

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The army of God, which at this time prepared
itself for the conflict and the sufferings of Jesus
Christ, consisted not only of men, who are sometimes
judged to be the strongest, but also in women,
for God’s power is made strong in weakness, which
appeared in the case of three pious heroines of God,
namely, Elizabeth Bachmanni, from the Groeningen
Bailiwick, the wife of Hans Jaggli, of Bartschwyl;
Elssa Bethezei, from the Knonow Bailiwick, the
wife of Jacob Isselme; Sarah Wanrij, from the
Horgerberg, the wife of Hans Phister, all of whom,
imprisoned and bound in the dungeon Othenbach
and in the hospital, for the testimony of Jesus
Christ, lost their lives through want, hardships,
and misery.

All this they endured in the fear of God as well
as patiently. They counted their departure from
this life as the beginning of the future. And so,
their unrest was truly the entrance to the rest of the
saints, who shall hereafter, for this brief suffering,
which they endured for the name of the Lord, rejoice
forever. “For our light affliction, which is but
for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding
and eternal weight of glory.” 2 Cor. 4:17. Compare
the above with Tract, Meyli, dated 1658,
fol. 8, A., num. 1, 2, 3.





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