Hans Huber, in the Year 1542

In this year, Brother Hans Huber, or Schumacher, was imprisoned at Waserburg, in Bavaria, under the Count of Oting. Much was resorted to in order to draw him from the faith, but he remained quite steadfast, constantly confessing and testifying that what he stood in was the true ground of truth, and the true faith in Christ Jesus our Savior. Therefore he also said that it was not hard for him to suffer this for Christ's sake. He was sentenced to death, and led out to the place of execution. When the fire had reached his face, so that his hair and beard were singed off, they asked him whether he would recant, and they would let him live. He, however, would not recant, but remained steadfast in Christ. So he was immediately burned alive, and in this way faithfully paid his baptismal vow to the Lord Christ, and gave up his life as a true burnt offering for the Word of God; for he would rather lose this temporal life than become unfaithful to the Lord, thus showing himself to be a steadfast lover of God.