Willem Koussenmacher (d. 1535)
Willem Koussenmacher, an Anabaptist martyr of Antwerp, was executed in 1535 at Wesel. At his cross-examination he said, "What one cannot grasp from Scripture is human work." The one who baptized him directed him to yield himself entirely to God.
Bibliography
Rembert, Karl. Die "Wiedertäufer" im Herzogtum Jülich. Berlin: R. Gaertners Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1899: 400.
Wolters, Albrecht. Reformationsgeschichte der Stadt Wesel. Bonn, 1868.
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