Jacob Egli, in the Year 1639

The misery of the beloved friends and children of God continued, so that in the year 1639 they laid their hands also on a pious hero and soldier of Christ named Jacob Egli, from the Groeningen Bailiwick. He was also taken to Zurich, and there imprisoned in the convent dungeon Othenbach.

In this he persevered more than seventy weeks,* but finally could no longer endure, in the flesh, the severity of the place and the bad treatment, so that at last, as his strength failed more and more and his infirmities increased, he commended his soul with a cheerful heart into God's hands, and through death departed this life. [n1238-1]

Thus he finished the course of his pilgrimage, and entered into the saints' rest, to triumph hereafter, where there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor pain; where all things shall be made new and turned into joy, according to the Lord's promise, Revelation 21, verse 4. See Tract Jer. Mang., folio 18, B.; also M. Meyli. Tract, folio 7, A., number 10.

NOTE. In the year 1639 Brother George Weber, an old man from the county of Kiberg, was also arrested. He too was taken to Zurich, into the convent Othenbach, and there fed on bread and water.

Finally, through the hardships and the long duration of his imprisonment, he became greatly impaired in his body, and fell into a severe sickness, after he had been confined there seventy weeks.

Afterwards, through some of his fellow prisoners, who opened the prison, he was released, but he never again recovered his property.

As regards the homestead of this George Weber, and that of Jacob Egly as well, the owners of the same must each pay for it to the authorities five hundred guilders every year. Jer. Mang. Tract, folio 19, A.