a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Breslau, March 31, 1676. He studied at Leipsic, where he also was appointed preacher of St. Peter's in 1711. In 1728 he published a treatise, Einfuss der gottlichen Wahrheiten in den Willen und in das Leben der .enschen, in which he showed an inclination towards Romanism. In consequence of this he was suspended from his office, which he resigned, and received an annual pension till his death, Nov. 5, 1748. His writings are enumerated in Jocher's Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. (B. P.)