Further Account of George Vaser, in the Year 1537

In the following year, at the request of some of the zealous, the above-mentioned George Vaser was sent to Pechstall, in Austria, where he gladly began to teach the Word of the Lord, even though he had just come out of the prison at Metling. He gathered the believers and established a church, according to the command of God. But he could not escape a certain deceiver, a genuine tool of all treachery, who, under a false appearance, pretended to learn from him, as a minister, the grounds of the truth, but in the meantime appointed many servants, commanding them to seize this George Vaser at a suitable time, which they faithfully did.

He was then subjected to much cruel torture, and while in prison he was tempted in many ways; but he remained very steadfast, and faithfully followed to death Him whom he had proclaimed in the faith, so testifying with his blood (being executed with the sword) to the faith and the truth of God. Matthew 24, verse 13; John 10, verse 4; First Peter 5, verse 1.