Die verschmähete Eitelkeit und die verlangete Ewigkeit, Teil 1 (1658)

This edition of Johann Rist’s Die verschmähete Eitelkeit of 1658 contains twenty-four meditative soliloquies, each of which is summarized in a spiritual song. The aim of the texts and songs is to provide insight into the vanity of earthly life and to establish a practice of piety that is oriented toward eternal life, which can be attained by faith alone. The music for the songs was composed by Heinrich Scheidemann.