Hemes Nimrich, a Teacher of the Anabaptists, in the Year 1605

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Hemes Nimrich, a Teacher of the Anabaptists, in the Year 1605

HEMES NIMRICH, A TEACHER OF THE ANABAPTISTS, TOGETHER WITH SEVERAL OTHERS, SCOURGED OUT OF THE CITY, FOR THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST, HEMES HAVING PREVIOUSLY BEEN LED THROUGH UNDER THE GALLOWS, IN THE YEAR 1605

Under the aforementioned Count of Steyn (or Witgensteyn) in Germany, although he was called Reformed, the Anabaptists also had to suffer much persecution at this time for their faith.

A teacher of that faith, named Hemes Nimrich, was arrested together with several others. "He was led to the gallows," writes P. J. Twisck, "not knowing anything but that he was to be beheaded; but when he arrived there, he was (as had been done to the persons before him) led through under the gallows, and severely scourged; the other prisoners were scourged out of the city." Chron. van den Ondergang, page 1590, column 2.