# Werner Phister And His Son’S Wife, In The Year 1640.

1640 · Historical source

Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: WERNER PHISTER AND HIS SON’S WIFE, IN THE YEAR 1640.

Source heading; not independently verified

The progress of the years brought no cessation of
the persecution, nor could aught of what was
adduced by way of excuse avail anything. This
was clearly evident, for the year 1640 had scarcely
come when the Wadischwyl district began again to
resound with persecution, insomuch that the servants
of the authorities there assailed, with dreadful raging
and storming, like howling wolves and bears, the
house of an old and pious minister of the church
1059
named Werner Phister, beat doors and windows and
all that was attached to it in pieces, and apprehended
him and his wife, as also his son’s wife, and brought
them to Zurich, where they were imprisoned in the
place Othenbach.

In the meantime the old man’s wife by a certain
accident escaped; but the pious old minister himself,
as also his son’s wife, when they would in no wise
apostatize from their faith, nor go to the common
church, had to forfeit their lives, insomuch that
they were suffered miserably to die through want,
poverty and hardships. But hereafter they shall no
more hunger or thirst, nor be assailed by suffering
or death; when the Lord, according to his promise
shall reward and crown them with the eternal and
blessed life. Tract, Jer. Mang., fol. 14. B, compared
with Tract, M. Meyli., dated 1651, fol. 6, number 2.

Note.—We previously, for the year 1637, made
mention, in the margin, of a brother named Peter
Brubach, who being then imprisoned with two other
of our fellow believers, finally was released. The same
was now, A. D. 1640, cruelly persecuted; insomuch
that on the 6th of May his house was demolished, his
male and female servants sent away, the children driven
out of the house, his house, homestead, woodland
and fields, movables and immovables, yea, everything
taken; a part of which was put into Othenbach,
and the other part sold, from which 9000 rix-dollars
was realized, which the authorities seized.
Not long afterwards the three little sons of this man
were imprisoned in Othenbach, where they miserably
wasted, etc. Tract, Jer. Mang.; edit. 1645.





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