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Buss- und Gnaden-Lehre Oder Der verlohrene und wiedergefundene Sohn. Aus dem Gleichnuss Luc. XV. v. 11. - - - 24. 3 parts.
Koln, Schultze, 1673. 4to. In contemporary full vellum with yapp edges and title in contemporary hand to spine. Stains and miscolouring to spine and front board. Internally with dampstain in upper outer corner and with occassional brownspotting. (10), 711, (26) pp.
The exceedingly rare first German translation of Sedgwick’s work on the Parable of the Prodigal Son, found in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 15, verses 11–24. We have not been able to trace a single copy in the trade. In was first published in English in 1660. “Born about 1600, Obadiah Sedgwick was the son of Joseph Sedgwick, vicar of St. Peter’s, Marlborough, Wiltshire. He entered Queen’s College, Oxford, in 1619, but transferred to Magdalen Hall, where he received a bachelor’s degree in 1620 and a master’s degree in 1623. For a few years Sedgwick served as chaplain to Lord Horace Vere of Tilbury, whom he accompanied to the Netherlands. In 1626, Sedgwick tutored Matthew Hale, who was to become one of the most respected lawyers of the time. Hale later defended Christopher Love before the high court.” (Beeke, Meet the Puritans).
