MARTYRS MIRROR

of the DEFENSELESS CHRISTIANS

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IMAGES FROM MARTYRS MIRROR

Jan Luykens created these original etchings for the second edition of Martyrs Mirror, some of which were later rediscovered in a box that had survived World War II Germany. Luykens was a 17th century Dutch Anabaptist pastor and writer who also illustrated a classic edition of Pilgrim's Progress. More

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List of Illustrations

Frontispiece Crucifixion of Jesus Christ...................... 68

Stoning of Stephen, the First Christian Martyr...................... 71

Beheading of James, the Son of Zebedee...................... 72

Stoning of the Apostle Philip............................................ 73

Martyrdom of James, the Son of Alpheus...................... 74

Burning of Barnabas, a Companion of Paul ......................76

Mark Dragged to the Stake............................................ 77

Peter Crucified at Rome............................................ 80

Beheading of Paul.......................................................... 82

Andrew the Apostle, Crucified at Patras.................................... 87

The Apostle Thomas Cast into an Oven............................................ 89

Matthew, the Evangelist, Beheaded at Nadavar...................... 90

Martyrdom of Simon Zelotes and Judas Thaddeus ......................92

Matthias Hung on the Cross, Stoned, and Beheaded...................... 93

Luke Hanged on an Olive Tree............................................ 94

Antipas Burned in a Red-hot Brazen Ox............................................ 95

John Banished to the Isle of Patmos ............................................97

Vitalus Buried Alive at Ravenna............................................ 99

Ignatius Devoured by Wild Beasts ............................................106

Phocas Put to Death in a Lime Kiln ............................................108

Christians Burned in Their Meetinghouses ............................................132

Second Examination of Tharacus............................................ 148

Eulalia Refusing the Idol Worship............................................ 177

God's Judgment on King Honoricus............................................ 200

Clement of Scotland Burned by the Romanists............................................ 231

John Mocked and Tormented ..................................................................243

Fourteen Persons Burned at Orleans,France............................................ 266

William White Burned at Norwich............................................ 347

Leonhard Keyser on the Way to Execution ............................................421

Two Young Girls Led to Execution ............................................501

Apprehension of Andries Langedul ............................................634

Jacob Dircks Led to Place of Execution............................................ 725

The Martyr Pieter Beckjen Teaching in a Boat............................................ 739

Dirk Willems Saving His Captor's Life............................................ 741

Jacob de Roore Confessing the Faith............................................ 775

Willem Janss Burned at the Stake............................................ 831

Fortune of Ursel van Essen ..................................................................843

Arrest of Hans van den Wege............................................ 865

Martyrdom of Anneken Heyndricks............................................ 873

Execution of Wolfgang Pinder ............................................875

Twelve Christians Burned at the Stake............................................886

Jan Wouterss and Adriaenken Jans Burned............................................ 898

Torture of Geleyn the Shoemaker ............................................930

The Martyr Hans Knevel as a Prisoner............................................ 946

Martyrdom of Jan Smit ........................................................................963

Adriaen Wens at the Place of Execution of His Mother ..............................980

Thirty-seven Believers Burned at Antwerp ............................................993

Hendrick Pruyt Burned in a Boat............................................1006

Torture of Haas Bret ..................................................................1038

Louwerens Janss Led to Execution ............................................1055

Drowning of Hendrick Sumer and Jacob Mandel......

Imprisonment of Jacob Platser, 1591

Drowning of Mattheus Mair, Wier, 1592 )

Burial alive of Anneke van den Hove, Brussells, 1597

Persecution in Switzerland, 1637

Book 2, end

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