“It is now all over, I soon shall have conquered my last enemy… Oh my dear sister, how glad I was that I had kissed you once more.”
– Janneken Munstdorp, Martyrs Mirror, p. 990
“It is now all over, I soon shall have conquered my last enemy… Oh my dear sister, how glad I was that I had kissed you once more.”
– Janneken Munstdorp, Martyrs Mirror, p. 990
This kind of story is one thing that makes the Martyrs Mirror such a valuable, living document. It is a peephole into the final hours of believers, when there is no more benefit in lying to themselves. And they remain true, though they still grieve.