Janneken Walraven Burned, in the Year 1557

In the year 1557, on Pentecost eve, Janneken Walraven was burned alive at Antwerp, in Brabant, for the immovable foundation of the truth, and the testimony of Jesus Christ. She was the mother of Jacques Walraven, who was a minister of the Word at Amsterdam, among the Baptists, and so was well known to many. His mother, though one of the weaker vessels, First Peter 3, verse 7, was nevertheless not weak in faith, but valiant and steadfast. She fought the good fight of faith and gained the victory through the grace of God, who never forsakes His own, but helps them, and goes with them through water and fire, so that they suffer no harm to the salvation of their souls. Therefore, since she conquered with her bridegroom, by suffering and dying for His holy name, her immortal soul is under the altar with all the holy martyrs, and is patiently waiting for full salvation at the coming of her Bridegroom, when He will appear in the clouds of the sky, to unite and glorify body and soul, and to make them like His own glorious body, so that she may rejoice with Him forever.