4to. One of two texts bound in a composite volume.

This pamphlet contains the text of a sermon given by Johannes Bugenhagen at the funeral of Martin Luther (22 February 1546 at the Schlosskirche in Wittenberg). In his sermon, Bugenhagen, a close friend and colleague of Luther, likens the great reformer to the angel described in Revelation who carries the 'everlasting gospel' over the world (Revelation 14:16). Following an account of Luther's dying moments, Bugenhagen closes with the prophetic words first written by Luther in 1537 and intended for his epitaph: Pestis eram vivus, moriens tua mors ero Papa ('In life I was your plague, Pope; in death I will be your death').

This may be a pirated edition of the text originally printed at Wittenberg by Georg Rhau: no printer or publisher's name is given, and the typeface differs from that used by Rhau (cf. USTC nos. 647598 and 647599).