for whom it was principally intended. Nicholas Hemming,5 a Lutheran preacher at Copenhagen (d. 1604), wrote a book on the art of preaching. A contemporary of his, Aegidius Hunnius6 (d. 1603), besides other writings, also published a work on Homiletics. None of these works can claim a high degree of value, but they indicate a notable fact in the history of preaching,—that theory usually follows practice. The great work of the Reformers in the pulpit led some of their successors to describe and enjoin