Een liedtboecxken, tracterende van den offer des Heeren.

2 Cor. 1. a. 4

For whose Name I suffer here
† Comfort me now in this place.
She cried with firm trust
To God in her need.
Before the eyes of all men
She is burned unto death.
Do not fear for this,
You who love God’s word.
‡ He does not leave His own,
For through His love all is bound.

Joan. 14. b. 18

You Authorities, take heed
How long will you remain blinded?
These are too wondrous matters
That you do not know Him.
Sap. 6. a. 4 Rom. 13. a. 1.

• He who gave you the power
  To carry the worldly sword,
  Whom you murder and take the life of,
  Jesus Christ, beloved and worthy.

When three pious Christians named Jan Pluen and Peter—the letter and confession of whom stand on Fol. 105 and 115—were killed in Antwerp in the year 1551.

I shall sing a song with joy,
Take pleasure in it,
Of what happened in Antwerp,
All to the Lord’s praise.
I pray you, do not be startled
With anxiety or heavy sorrow,
But mark with your hearts
How God can strengthen His own.
Ahab and the priests of Jezebel,
They were seen gathering there

To cause the Christians distress
Who were within Antwerp.
They were so very furious
That they went with cruel spirit
To complain to the Margrave The high-ranking administrative and judicial official in a city.,
They would not endure it any longer.

When they had made their complaints,
He had to choose one or the other:
That he should seize the Christian,
Or lose his Office.
Mat. 27. c. 24

† With Pilate, he considers
What profits him well annually;
It seemed better to him beforehand
To burn God’s chosen ones.

He conceived a quick plan,
And sent his bailiffs.
They brought the spies
To the place where they found three.
The Lord has performed His work there,
They searched for them so very hard,
God made their eyes blind,
They could not find any more there.

There is something singular that happened:
A young lad, young in years,
Fell from a window without sorrow,
And went to declare it to some brothers.
The servants held themselves so still,
With a premeditated will;
They intended to sell the Christians in heaps
At the meat market.