PART 1-00.04-CONTENTS
CONTENTS
Publisher's Prefaces
Translator's Preface
Invocation
Author's Preface
To the Readers in General
Introduction
Of the True Church of God, Its Origin, Progress, and Immovable Stability, through all times Poems in the Original Language
FIRST PART
ACCOUNT OF HOLY BAPTISM
First Century
Second Century
Third Century
Fourth Century
Fifth Century
Sixth Century
Seventh Century
Eighth Century
Ninth Century
Tenth Century
Eleventh Century
Twelfth Century
Thirteenth Century
Fourteenth Century
Fifteenth Century
SECOND PART
To My Beloved Friends, etc.
Preface to Second Part
Account of Holy Baptism in the Sixteenth Century
Account of Those Who Suffered in the Sixteenth Century
Old Book of the Martyrs Mirror
Account of Those Who Suffered in the Seventeenth Century
Editorial Notes on Indexes
Index of Anabaptist Martyrs (1525-1660)
List of Popes and Roman Emperors
General Index
For Further Reading
List of Illustrations
Frontispiece Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
Stoning of Stephen, the First Christian Martyr
Beheading of James, the Son of Zebedee
Stoning of the Apostle Philip
Martyrdom of James, the Son of Alpheus
Burning of Barnabas, a Companion of Paul
Mark Dragged to the Stake
Peter Crucified at Rome
Beheading of Paul
Andrew the Apostle, Crucified at Patras
The Apostle Thomas Cast into an Oven
Matthew, the Evangelist, Beheaded at Nadavar
Martyrdom of Simon Zelotes and Judas Thaddeus
Matthias Hung on the Cross, Stoned, and Beheaded
Luke Hanged on an Olive Tree
Antipas Burned in a Red-hot Brazen Ox
John Banished to the Isle of Patmos
Vitalus Buried Alive at Ravenna
Ignatius Devoured by Wild Beasts
Phocas Put to Death in a Lime Kiln
Christians Burned in Their Meetinghouses
Second Examination of Tharacus
Eulalia Refusing the Idol Worship
Gods judgment on King Honoricus
Clement of Scotland Burned by theRomanists
John Mocked and Tormented
Fourteen Persons Burned at Orleans,France
William cite Burned at Norwich,
Leonhard Keyser on the Way to Execution
Two Young Girls Led to Execution
Apprehension of Andries Langedul
Jacob Dircks Led to Place of Execution
The Martyr Pieter Beckjen Teaching in a Boat
Dirk Willems Saving His Captor's Life
Jacob do Roore Confessing the faith
Willem Janss Burned at the Stake
Fortune of Ursel van Essen
Arrest of Hans van den Wege
Martyrdom of Anneken Heyndricks
Execution of Wolfgang Pinder
Twelve Christians Burned at the Stake
Jan Wouteras and Adriaenken Jans Burned
Torture of Geleyn the Shoemaker
The Martyr Hans Knevel as a Prisoner
Martyrdom of Jan Smith
Adriaen Wens at the Place of Execution of His Mother
Thirty-seven Believers Burned at Antwerp
Hendrick Pruyt Burned in a Boat
Torture of Haas Bret
Louwerens Janss Led to Execution
Drowning of Hendrick Sumer and Jacob Mandel
George Wanger in the Dungeon
Mattheus Mair's Steadfastness
Anneken van den Hove Buried Alive
Catharina Mulerin Apprehended
