Reichard, Georg: - Dieses wird genandt der Engel-Sieg - 1639

Reichard, Georg: This is called the Angel Victory against those who would reject angelic appearances or spirits without examination and reading. He who does not wish to hear the angels should learn from the Devil. He will ruin body and soul, and thus in Hell die. O. O., 1639. 2 leaves. Stapled. 19 x 15 cm.
VD17 3:610626Q. - The three-page poem describes how trust in and upon God can lead to a merciful and fulfilled life. - Georg Reichard (1600-1646) "a visionary, chiliast and fabulist of the 17th century ... inspired by the enthusiasm of a certain Johann Warner from Meissen, who in 1635 ff published fourteen alleged visions in Halle, Reichard left his position, proclaimed himself a prophet and messenger of God, wandered throughout Upper and Lower Saxony, and verbally and in writing proclaimed the divine revelations, judgments, and admonitions that had come to him, which he recorded with the help of a former schoolmaster Laurentius Matthäi from Brandts near Leipzig and disseminated in numerous writings and broadsides" (ADB XXVII, 622).