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Joost (Josse) Joosten was an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr executed at [[Veere (Zeeland, Netherlands)|Veere]], Dutch province of [[Zeeland (Netherlands)|Zeeland]] in December 1560. He was born at [[Goes (Zeeland, Netherlands)|Goes]], same province. A student familiar with Latin, 18 years old, he was seized, cruelly racked, and burned at the stake "on Monday before Christmas" in 1560. At his death he sang the last stanza of a hymn he had composed; it begins, "Och Heere Ghi staet altijt in mijnen sinne" (Lord, Thou art always in my mind). The song is found in a number of old Dutch Mennonite hymn books. The confession of faith he wrote has unfortunately been lost.
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[http://www.bethelks.edu/mla/holdings/scans/martyrsmirror/ Mennonite Library and Archives]'']]     Joost (Josse) Joosten was an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr executed at [[Veere (Zeeland, Netherlands)|Veere]], Dutch province of [[Zeeland (Netherlands)|Zeeland]] in December 1560. He was born at [[Goes (Zeeland, Netherlands)|Goes]], same province. A student familiar with Latin, 18 years old, he was seized, cruelly racked, and burned at the stake "on Monday before Christmas" in 1560. At his death he sang the last stanza of a hymn he had composed; it begins, "Och Heere Ghi staet altijt in mijnen sinne" (Lord, Thou art always in my mind). The song is found in a number of old Dutch Mennonite hymn books. The confession of faith he wrote has unfortunately been lost.
 
 
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Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk</em>. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, …, 1685: Part II, 282.
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Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em class="gameo_bibliography">The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660.</em> Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 651. Available online at: [http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm]. 
 
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Torture of Joost Joosten, Veere, Zeeland, 1560.
Engraving by Jan Luiken in Martyrs Mirror, v. 2, p. 283 of Dutch edition.
Scan provided by Mennonite Library and Archives

Joost (Josse) Joosten was an Anabaptist martyr executed at Veere, Dutch province of Zeeland in December 1560. He was born at Goes, same province. A student familiar with Latin, 18 years old, he was seized, cruelly racked, and burned at the stake "on Monday before Christmas" in 1560. At his death he sang the last stanza of a hymn he had composed; it begins, "Och Heere Ghi staet altijt in mijnen sinne" (Lord, Thou art always in my mind). The song is found in a number of old Dutch Mennonite hymn books. The confession of faith he wrote has unfortunately been lost.

Bibliography

Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 282.

Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 651. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm. 

Cate, Steven Blaupot ten. Geschiedenis der Doopsgezinden in Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht en Gelderland. Amsterdam: P.N. van Kampen, 1847: v. I, 73.

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 432.

Wieder,  F. C.  Schriftuurlijke Liedekens. The Hague, 1900: 178, 196.


Author(s) Christian Neff
Date Published 1957

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Neff, Christian. "Joost Joosten (1542-1560)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 18 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Joost_Joosten_(1542-1560)&oldid=129433.

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Neff, Christian. (1957). Joost Joosten (1542-1560). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Joost_Joosten_(1542-1560)&oldid=129433.



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