Franck, August Herman:

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NICODEMUS: OR, A TREATISE AGAINST THE FEAR OF MAN. WHEREIN THE CAUSES AND SAD EFFECTS THEREOF ARE BRIEFLY DESCRIB'D. WITH SOME REMEDIES AGAINST IT....RENDRED INTO ENGLISH FROM THE HIGH-DUTCH; AND ... The first American edition of this staple of Protestant evangelical literature, published during the height of the Great Awakening in America. The author, August Hermann Francke (1663-1727), was a Lutheran clergyman, professor of Greek and Oriental languages and later theology at the University of Halle in Saxony, pastor to the village church in nearby Glaucha, and a leading figure in the German Pietist movement. Under Francke's influence, Halle became a major center for German Pietism, which placed special emphasis on personal piety, practical divinity, and Protestant ecumenicism. Among Francke's many projects were the Halle Orphanage (on which George Whitefield modeled his own orphanage in Georgia), a hospital and pharmaceutical dispensary, a school for poor children, and Christian missions in East India. Francke was linked to Protestants around the world - including Cotton Mather in Boston - through an extensive correspondence network. At the center of this network was Anton Wilhelm Boehm, a former student of Francke's, who as the Lutheran chaplain to the Court of St. James and an active member of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, effectively served as Francke's agent in London, managing Francke's international correspondence and translating Francke's writings for

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