MARTYRS MIRROR

Of The DEFENSELESS CHRISTIANS

INDEX OF SECTIONS

• Prefaces
  
• Author's Introduction: Summary of The Following Work
  
• Of The True Church of God, Its Origin, Progress, And Immovable Stability, Through All Times
  
• First Confession
  
• Second Confession
  
• Third Confession
  
• Of The Ungodly And False Church, Which Is The Opposite of The Church of God, And The Origin, Progress And Succession of The Same Through All Times
  
• Of The Election of The Pope; And of Such As Have Usurped The Chair
  
• Poems In The Original Language
  
• Martyrs Mirror: First Part
  
• Of The Ten Bloody Persecutions Which The Christians Suffered Under The Hea Then Emperors of Rome; The First of Which Began In The Reign of Nero, A. D. 66
  
• Andrew, The Holy Apostle, Crucified At Patras, In Achaia, About A. D. 70
  
• An Account of The Baptism of The Holy Martyrs In The Second Century
  
• Of The Fourth Persecution of The Christians, Under Marcus Aurelius And Lucius Verus, Which Was Commenced About The Year 166
  
• An Account of The Holy Baptism of The Martyrs In The Third Century
  
• Several Thousand Persons Burned In Their Meeting Places For The Evangelical Truth, On Different Occasions, By The Command of Maximin, About The Year 237
  
• Of The Eighth Persecution of The Christians, Under Valerian And His Son Gallien, Which Commenced About The Year 259
  
• Tharacus, Probus, And Andronicus, Three Pious Christians, First Very Dreadfully Tormented, Then Thrown Before The Wild Beasts, And Finally Thrust Through, For The Faith of The Son of God, At Tarsus In Cilicia, A. D. 290
  
• An Account of The Holy Baptism of The Martyrs In The Fourth Century
  
• Chrysostom's Views Respecting Several Other Articles of Faith, According To The Account of P. J. Twisck, In His Chronijk Van Den Ondergank Der Tyrannen, 5th Book, Pp. 136 And 137
  
• An Account of Those Who Suffered In The Fourth Century
  
• The Second Year of This Persecution Began A. D. 303
  
• An Account of The Holy Baptism of The Martyrs In The Fifth Century
  
• An Account of Those Who Suffered In The Fifth Century: Summary of The Martyrs of The Fifth Century
  
• An Account of The Holy Baptism of The Martyrs In The Sixth Century
  
• An Account of Those Who Suffered In The Sixth Century: Summary of The Martyrs of The Sixth Century
  
• An Account of The Holy Baptism In The Seventh Century
  
• An Account of Those Who Suffered In The Seventh Century: Summary of The Martyrs of The Seventh Century
  
• An Account of The Holy Baptism In The Eighth Century: Summary of Baptism In The Eighth Century
  
• An Account of Those Who Suffered In The Eighth Century: Summary of The Martyrs of The Eighth Century
  
• An Account of The Holy Baptism In The Ninth Century: Summary of Baptism In The Ninth Century
  
• An Account of Those Who Suffered In The Ninth Century: Summary of The Martyrs In The Ninth Century
  
• An Account of The Holy Baptism In The Tenth Century: Summary of Baptism In The Tenth Century
  
• An Account of Those Who Suffered In The Tenth Century: Summary of The Martyrs Who Suffered In The Tenth Century
  
• An Account of The Holy Baptism In The Eleventh Century: A Summary of Baptism In The Eleventh Century
  
• An Account of Those Who Suffered In The Eleventh Century: Summary of The Martyrs In The Eleventh Century
  
• An Account of The Holy Baptism In The Twelfth Century: Summary of Baptism In The Twelfth Century
  
• The Belief of The Ancient Waldenses Respecting The office of The Secular Authority
  
• Some Moral Precepts Left By The Waldenses To The Churches
  
• An Account of Those Who Suffered In The Twelfth Century: Summary of The Martyrs In The Twelfth Century
  
• An Account of The Holy Baptism In The Thirteenth Century: Summary of Baptism In The Thirteenth Century
  
• One Hundred And Eighty Persons Called Albigenses, Burnt Without The Castle Minerve
  
• Severe Persecutions By The Inquisition In Germany, Very Many Who Were Called Waldenses, Burnt For The Faith, A. D. 1230
  
• An Account of The Holy Baptism In The Fourteenth Century: Summary of Baptism In The Fourteenth Century
  
• An Account of Those Who Suffered In The Fourteenth Century: Summary of The Martyrs of The Fourteenth Century
  
• An Account of The Holy Baptism In The Fifteenth Century: Summary of Baptism In The Fifteenth Century
  
• An Account of Those Who Suffered In The Fifteenth Century: Summary of The Martyrs In The Fifteenth Century
  
• William White, Father Abraham of Colchester, And John Waddon, Burnt For The Faith, At Norwich, In England, A. D. 1428
  
• Martyrs Mirror: Second Part
  
• The Bloody Theater, Or Martyrs Mirror Of The Anabaptists Or Defenseless Christians
  
• Confession of Faith, According To The Holy Word of God
  
• Article X
  
• Article XV
  
• Article XX
  
• Article XXV
  
• An Account of Those Who Suffered In The Sixteenth Century: Summary of The Martyrs In The Sixteenth Century
  
• Michael Sattler, A. D. 1527
  
• Weynken, A Widow, Daughter of Claes, of Monickendam, Burnt To Death In The Hague, The 20Th November, A. D. 1527
  
• George Blaurock, And Hans Van Der Reve, A. D. 1529
  
• Vigil Plaitner, A. D. 1529
  
• Of The Edict Issued By Emperor Charles V Against The Anabaptists, A. D. 1535
  
• Leonhard Lochmair, And offrus Greizinger, A. D. 1538
  
• Walter of Stoelwijk, A. D. 1541
  
• Dirk Pieters Krood, Pieter Trijnes, Class Roders, Pieter Class Jans, of Wormer, In Waterlandt
  
• A Number of Believers, Baptized According To The Command of Christ, Having Assembled To Hear The Word of God, Are Put To Death At Rotterdam, In The Year 1544
  
• Richst Heynes, A. D. 1547
  
• Hans Van Overdam Put To Death At Ghent; Also His Confession, Written In Prison, And Afterwards Sealed With His Blood, In The Year 1550
  
• Govert, Gillis, Mariken, And Anneken, A. D. 1550
  
• Jerome Segers, With His Wife Lijsken Dircks, And Big Henry, A. D. 1551
  
• A Letter From Jerome Segers, Written To His Wife Lijsken Dircks
  
• A Letter From Lijsken, Jerome Seger's Wife
  
• Pieter Bruynen, Jan Pleunis, And Jan The Old Clothes Buyer, And Another Brother, All Put To Death, On The 2Nd of October, A. D: 1551, At Antwerp
  
• Hendrick Dirks, Dirk Jans, And Adrian Corneliss, A. D. 1552
  
• Six Pious Brethren, Namely, Lievijn Jans, Meynert Hermans, Pieter Thymans, Beyer Egberts, Hendrick Anthoniss, Claes Gerbrants, All Burnt Alive For The Testimony of Jesus Christ, At Amsterdam, On The 6Th Day of August, A. D. 1552
  
• Joos Kindt, A. D. 1553.
  
• Elizabeth And Hadewijk; of Whom The Former Was Drowned At Leeuwarden, And The Latter Escaped Death, In The Year of Our Lord, 1549
  
• Confession of Claes De Praet Who For This Testimony of Jesus Christ, And His Word Was Imprisoned And Burnt At Ghent, And Laid Down His Life As A Burnt offering Unto The Lord A. D. 1556
  
• Gerrit Hasepoot Burned, A. D. 1556
  
• Six Brethren Strangled At The Stake In Volewijk, Near Amsterdam, A. D. 1555
  
• Konrad Schumacher, A. D. 1558
  
• Thomas Van Imbroeck, The 5th of May, In The Year 1558
  
• Govert Jaspers, Put To Death A. D. 1558
  
• Joris Wippe, Joosten's Son, Put To Death At Dortrecht, A. D. 1558
  
• Hans Smit, Hendrick Adams, Hans Beck, Matthijs Smit, Dileman Snijder, And Seven Others, A. D. 1558
  
• Jacques D'Auchy, Imprisoned A. D. 1558, But Put To Death At Leeuwarden, For The Testimony of Jesus Christ,.In The Year of Our Lord 1559
  
• Confession of A Woman Called Claesken, Who Laid Down Her Life For The Testimony of Jesus, A. D. 1559
  
• Jelis De Groot, And Mahieu Van Halewijn, A. D. 1559
  
• A Testament Written By Jelis Bernaerts To His Wife, When He Lay In Prison At Antwerp, Where He Was Put To Death For The Word of The Lord, A. D. 1559
  
• Jan Bosch, of Bergh, Or Jan Durps, A. D. 1559
  
• Andries Langedul, Mattheus Pottebacker, And Lauwerens Van Der Leyen, A. D. 1559
  
• Anthonis Claes, Joris Tieleman, And Hans De Backer, A. D. 1560
  
• Soetgen Van Den Houte, And Martha, A. D. 1560
  
• Lauwerens Van De Walle, Antonis Schoon Velt, Kalleken Strings, And Maeyken Kocx, A. D. 1561
  
• Heyndrick Eemkens, A. D. 1562
  
• Maeyken Boosers Burnt To Ashes For The Testimony of Jesus Christ, In The City ofdoornick, The 18Th of September, A. D. 1564
  
• Mr. Jelis Matthijss, Put To Death For The Testimony of Jesus Christ, At Middelborgh, In The Year A. D. 1564
  
• Jan Gerrits, Burnt At The Hague, For The Testimony of Jesus Christ, The 15Th Day of December, A. D. 1564
  
• Adriaen Den Burry, A. D. 1565
  
• Matthias Servaes, of Kottenem, A. D. 1565
  
• Forty-Two Persons, Namely, Thirty-Four Men And Eight Women, Put To Death For The Testimony of Jesus Christ, In The Country of Berne, Prior To And Until The Year A. D. 1556
  
• Christian Langedul, Cornelis Claess, Mat Theus De Vick, And Hans Symons, In The Year A. D. 1567
  
• Jacques Mesdagh, Willem Aerts, Jogs - Kasteel, And Karel, A. D. 1567
  
• Adrian Willems, A. D. 1568
  
• Valerius Schoolmaster Martyred, A. D. 1568
  
• Jan Thielemans And Job Jans, Burnt To Death For The Testimony of Jesus Christ, In The Hague, In Holland, In The Year 1568
  
• Heyndrick Arents, A. D. 1568
  
• Hendrick Alewijns, Hans Marijns Van Oosten, And Gerrit Duynherder, A. D. 1569
  
• A Fatherly Farewell, Testament And Very Careful Scriptural Instruction By Hendrick Alewijns To His Children
  
• Here Follows A Letter Written By Hans Marijns, Which He Sent From His Prison To His Beloved Brethren And Sisters
  
• Copy of A Letter Written From Prison, At Antwerp, By A Young Woman, Named Nelleken Jasper, of Blijenberg, Who Laid Down Her Life At The Former Place, For The Testimony of Jesus Christ And His Divine Word
  
• Eleven Brethren And A Sister, At Antwerp; Harman Timmerman, Jan Van Hasebroeck, Pieter Verlonge, Gerrit Van Mandel, Jan Van Mandel, Jan De Schaper, Jan Wil Joot, Jan Van Doornick, Willem Van Poperinge, Maeyken His Wipe, Jan Koopman, Hans His Servant; A. D. 1569
  
• Jan Van Hasebroeck
  
• Jacob De Roore, Or The Chandler And Herman Van Vleckwijck, Both Burned Alive At The Stake, At Bruges, In Flanders, For The Testimony of Jesus Christ, The 10Th of June, A. D. 1569
  
• Disputation Between Herman Vleckwijk, Imprisoned By The Lords of The Country Van Den Vrye In Bruges, And Friar Cornelis, In The Presence of Mr. Jan Van Dam, On The 10th of May, A. D. 1569
  
• The First Letter of Jacob The Chandler, Written To His Wife
  
• The Fourth Letter of Jacob The Chandler, Written To His Children; Being Properly A Confession of His Faith
  
• Another Letter of Jacob The Chandler Written In Prison And Sent To Pouwel Van Meenen, One of His Fellow Ministers In The Gospel of Christ, In Answer To A Letter Which He Had Received From Him
  
• Abraham Picolet, Henderick Van Etten, Andmaeyken Van Der Goes, A. D. 1569
  
• Tijs Jeuriaenss And Jan Claess, A. D. 1569
  
• Willem Janss From Waterland, After Terrible Tortures Burned Alive At Amsterdam, For The Testimony of Jesus Christ On The 12Th of March, 1569
  
• Five Letters of Clement Hendrickss, Sent From His Prison In Amsterdam, Where He Laid Down His Life For The Knowledge of The Truth; Together With Jan Krijnss And Cornelis Janss Mentioned Above
  
• Veit Greyenburger, A. D. 1570
  
• Joost Verkindert And Lauwerens Andriess, Both Put To Death For The Testimony of Jesus Christ, At Antwerp, The 13Th of September, A. D. 1570
  
• Another Letter of Joost Verkindert, Written From Prison, On The 10Th of August, To His Brother W. And I. His Wife
  
• A Letter From Lauwerens Andriess, The Fellow Prisoner of Joost Verkindert; Sent The 9Th of September, To R., The Wife of Said Joost
  
• Barbelken Goethals, And Saerken Van Duerhove, A. D. 1570
  
• A Letter From Hendrick Verstralen To His Wife, Written In The Year 1571, In Prison At Rijpermonde, Where He Laid Down His Life For The Name of The Lord
  
• Adriaen Janss Hoedemaecker, And Jelis De Backer, Both Burnt Alive At The Same Stake, For The Testimony of Jesus, In Rijssel, A. D. 1570
  
• Twelve Christians At Deventer: Ydse Gaukes, Dirck Van Wesel, With Anneken And Jan Neken, Their Wives; Harmen The Dyer, Bruyn, Anthonis The Weaver, Claes Op Reyder, Lijsbet And Catharina Som Erhuys, Lijntgen Joris, And Trijntgen Her Daughter, A. D. 1571
  
• Douwe Eeuwouts, A. D. 1571
  
• Jan Wouterss Van Kuyck And Adriaenken Jans of Molenaersgraef, Both Burnt For The Testimony of Jesus Christ, At Dortrecht, A. D. 1572
  
• The Fifth Letter From Jan Wouterss, To His Wife And Daughter
  
• A Letter From Adriaenken, Jan's Daughter, of Molenaersgraef, Written To Her Husband While She Was In Prison, In The Vuylpoort At Dortrecht, Where She Was Burnt With John Wouterss Van Kuyck, The 28th of March, As Previously Shown
  
• Seven Brethren At Breda, Jan Pieterss, Geleyn Corneliss, Pieter De Gulicker With His Servant, Arent Block, Cornelis Gijselaer, And One Michiel, In The Year 1572
  
• A Letter From Jan Hendrickss, Written In Prison At Delft, To His Wife
  
• Sander Wouterss, of Bammel And Evert Hendricks, of Warendorp, Both Burnt Alive For The Testimony of Jesus Christ At Amsterdam, On The 3D of September, A. D. 1575
  
• Mattheus Bernaerts, Called Mattheus Van Lincken, Adriaen Rogiers, Maerten Van Der Straten, And Dingentgen of Honschoten, A. D. 1572
  
• Adrian Rogiers, Burned For The Testimony of Jesus Christ, At Ghent In Flanders, The 4Th of December, A. D. 1572
  
• Maerten Van Der Straten,. With Beliken His Wife, A. D. 1572
  
• Willem De Rijcker, And Christoffel Fierens, A. D. 1572
  
• Jacob Van Den Wege, A. D. 1573
  
• Maeyken Van Deventer, Put To Death For The Testimony of Jesus Christ, At Rotterdam In Holland, A. D. 1573
  
• Maeyken Wens, And Some of Her Fellow-Believers, Burnt For The Testimony of Jesus Christ,, At. Antwerp, A. D. 1573
  
• Five Pious Christians, Hans Van Munstdorp And Janneken Munstdorp. His Wife, Together With Mariken, Lijsken, And Maeyken, All Burned Together At Stakes, At Antwerp; In The Year 1573
  
• Susanneken And Kalleken Claes, A. D. 1573
  
• Reytse Aysess of Oldenborn Put To Death For The Testimony of Jesus. Christ, At Leeuwaerden, On The 23D of April, In The Year 1574, Together With Various Letters Written By Him While Imprisoned At That Place
  
• Hendrick Pruyt, A. D. 1574
  
• Twenty Persons At London, In England, Namely, Fourteen Women Driven From The City: A Youth Scourged Behind A Cart; One Died In Prison; Two, Named Hen Drick Terwoort And Jan Pieterss, Burnt Alive And Two Others, After Enduring Much Misery, Escaped From Prison; All of Which Took Place Under The Reign of Queen Elizabeth, In The Year 1575
  
• Another Letter of The Prisoners: In Which We Vindicate Ourselves of That Which Is Reported of Us, And Briefly Notice The Principal Points of Our Faith, As Is Stated More Fully Below
  
• Paul Glock, A. D. 1576
  
• Raphel Van Den Velde And Jeronymus Schepens, And Other Persons, A. D. 1576
  
• Hans Bret, A. D. 1576
  
• Another Letter From Hans Bret, Written To His Beloved Mother, The 19th of July, 1576
  
• Letter From William of Orange
  
• Christiaen Rijcen, A. D. 1588
  
• Joost De Tollenaer, Michiel Buyse, And Sijntgen Wens, A, D. 1589
  
• Maeyken Pickelen, A. D. 1590
  
• Bartholomeus Panten, Michiel The Widower, And Kalleken N., A. D. 1592
  
• Michiel Hazel, A. D. 1592
  
• An Account of Those Who Suffered In The Seventeenth Century, From 1600 To 1660
  
• Of A Certain Prohibition Published By Those of Aerdenborgh Against The Anabaptists, And What Was Done By The Lords States General of The United Netherlands For The Abolishment of The Same, A. D. 1615
  
• Of The Inauguration of The Last Swiss Persecution; Together With The Causes of The Same, 1635
  
• of A Certain Manifesto, Emitted By Those of Zurich, A. D. 1639, In Excuse of The Persecution Raised; And Of The Answer Which Followed From The Persecuted As A Refutation
  
• of A Certain Writing From Switzerland, Touching The Threats Made By Those of Berne Against The Anabaptists In Those Parts, A. D. 1645
  
• Seven Hundred Persons Oppressed And Persecuted At Berne
  
• An Edict Published By Those of Berne Against Those Called Anabaptists, The 9th of August, In The Year 1659
  
• To The Bloody Theater of The Anabaptists, Or Nonresistant Christians
  
• Editorial Notes on Indexes
  
• Index of Anabaptist Martyrs (1525-1660)
  
• List of Popes and Roman Emperors
  
• General Index