Martyrs Mirror 873VIJNTGEN, GOUDEKEN, AND JANNEKEN DE JONK; HEER, BETGEN VAN MALDEGEM, AND SIJNTGEN VAN GELDER, A. D. 1562

In the same year there were also apprehended at Ghent three sisters, namely Vijntgen, Goudeken, and Janneken de Jonkheer, and two others, namely, Betgen van Maldegem, and Sijntgen van Gelder. All five freely confessed their faith, and undauntedly adhered to it unto death which they had to suffer for it and firmly clung to the love of their Bridegroom Jesus Christ. Hence they shall also, when the cry is made at midnight, go to meet Him with their burning lamps, and with oil in their adorned vessels, and shall, as ready virgins, go in with Him to the marriage of the Lamb.