He makes some parade of astronomical knowledge as to the greatness of the sun and moon, but relapses soon into his old line of argument.

Imploring his audience not to be led away from the well-established belief of Christendom and the principles of their fathers, he comes back to his old assertion, insists that "our sins are the inflammable material of which comets are made," and winds up with a most earnest appeal to the Almighty to spare his people.( 110) (110) For Deiterich, see Ulmische Cometen-Predigt, von dem Cometen, so nechst abgewischen 1618 Jahrs im Wintermonat erstenmahls in Schwaben sehen lassen,...

gehalten zu Ulm...

durch Conrad Dieterich, Ulm, 1620.
For a life of the author, see article Dieterich in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.

See also Wolf.
Similar efforts from the pulpit were provoked by the great comet of 1680.