# Lehre und Wehre_St. Louis Missouri_November 1858_S348
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348 Lutheran-Theological Pastor's Library.

of the permitted and forbidden degrees; of the marriage act, matrimony, and divorce. Almost everything is written in the German language; several items, such as the Consensus repetitus, both in Latin and German. A preacher is not likely soon to come into a case of conscience in his office for which he would not find thorough, satisfying instruction here. The work comprises, not counting the prefaces and index, 1,549 folio pages in very compressed print.

A third casuistic work, less voluminous but still always complete, of considerable extent, is the following: "Opus novum quaestionum practico-theologicarum. Francofurti 1676," fol. The compiler of this work, written in Latin and not named on the title page, is Dr. Johann Nicolaus Misler. He was born in 1614 at Münzenberg in the Wetterau and died as professor primarius and superintendent at Gießen in the year 1683. This work contains a complete system of casuistry and is arranged according to the order of the loci communes (the articles of the Christian faith). It therefore surpasses even the two aforementioned works in completeness. It gives the essence of all the casuistic works published up to the time of its appearance, and of the casuistic contributions occasionally found in dogmatic works. Whoever wishes to have everything relevant gathered together in strict order and with clear overview, briefly and concisely, will find in this book, among all the writings of this class, the greatest satisfaction. Besides the prefaces and indexes, it comprises 668 folio pages in beautiful, clean print.

Finally we name here yet one more casuistic work, likewise written in Latin: "Tractatus de casibus conscientiae, elaboratus a Friderico Balduino. Wittenbergae 1628," 4to. The author, the highly esteemed friend of Johann Gerhard, was born at Dresden in 1575, administered a pastorate at Freiberg, then the superintendency at Oelsnitz, and finally became professor and general superintendent at Wittenberg, where he died in the year 1627. His "Tractatus," an opus posthumum (a work that appeared after his death), differs from those already mentioned in that it is a system arranged according to the content and the particular character of casuistry, especially devised, which the author independently worked out. It falls into four books. In the first he treats of conscience and cases of conscience in general; in the second, of the actions of man with respect to God and religion; in the third, of the actions of man with respect to his relationship to the good and evil angels; in the fourth, with respect to one's neighbor. Each chapter is divided according to the cases of conscience that can arise concerning the subject named; a short, definite question states what is in question, then follows the decision of the same, thoroughly proven from God's Word, and finally the resolution of the objections raised, or foreseeable, against it. The book distinguishes itself in particular by containing no admixture of extraneous digressions, and in a lucid order and a flowing