Rules 4–5; IX–XII. Dependent principle public or private; social collation
4. Natural things are not to be confused with supernatural. Hence St. Athanasius, Disputation 2 against the Arians: What is said of men, he says, is not to be thought of God. Compare what was said at the first rule. 5. From civil government to spiritual administration the inference is weak. Hence Christ: But you not so (Luke 22:26); compare Casaubon, Exercitationes 14, disputation 5, and Exercitationes 18, chapters 11–12.
IX. Secondly, the dependent principle is public or private. X. Public is that which has been sealed by the consensus of the universal Church. XI. And it is of social collation or of faithful relation. XII. Social collation takes place either in a council or synod, or in some similar assembly, over which the Holy Spirit presides as judge in the choir of prophets and Apostles, by the written law. This is gathered from Acts 15:28; John 16:8, John 16:13; John 5:45; 2 Kings 17:20; Galatians 6:16; Matthew 10:20See Luther, Jena German volume 7, On Councils and the Church; Calvin, Institutes book 4, chapter 9, section 13; William Whitaker against Duraeus, On Councils book 4.
Latin
4. Naturalia cum supernaturalibus non sunt confundenda. Hinc S. Athanasius disp. 2. contra Arrianos: Quod de hominibus, inquit, id de Deo sentiendum non est. Confer dicta ad regulam primam. 5. A gubernatione civili ad administrationem spiritualem languida est illatio. Hinc Christus: Vos autem non sic, Luc. 22.v.26. confer Casaub. exerc. 14. disp. 5. & exerc. 18. d. 11. 12. IX. Secundo, Principium dependens est publicum aut privatum. X. Publicum est, quod universae Ecclesiae consensu consignatum est. XI. Estque socialis collationis aut fidelis relationis. XII. Socialis collatio fit vel in concilio sive synodo, aut simili aliquo consessu, cui praeest Spiritus S. judex in prophetarum Apostolorumque choro, lege scripta. Hoc colligitur ex Act. 15.v.28. Joh. 16.v.8.13. Joh. 5.v.45. 2. Regum 17.v.20. Gal. 6.v.16. Matth. 10.v.20. Vide D. Lutherum tom. 7. Jenens. t. Germ. de conciliis & ecclesia, & Jo. Calvinum lib. 4. instit. cap. 9. sect. 13. Guilielmum Whitakerum ad Duraeum lib. 4. de conciliis.
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Ludwig Crocius — Book IV Chapter 9 On the forensic law.
English follows the locked 1636 Bremen Latin of Liber I Cap. 10, reconstructed from SLUB Dresden page images. Same-page OCR (tesseract lat + Vision) used as check. No modern English was copied. Cap. 11 (CAPUT UNDECIMUM / De S. Theologiae distributione) begins. Cap. 9 complete. Liber I still open. No Internet Archive copy was located.
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VD17 14:684303C. SLUB id335860389. Liber I Cap. 10 De principio S.S. Theologiae a primo dependente.
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