Two fiduciae: refuge-adherence (essence of living faith) versus sense-assurance (fruit, not always felt)
Learned Reformed distinguish refuge-trust (faith’s essence and instrument) from sense-assurance (a fruit not always felt).
Salvation does not necessarily hang on the felt persuasion of already-obtained pardon.
Latin
XXIV. Plurimi quidem Theologi docent fiduciam in Deum per Christum esse ipsum formalem & specificum actum fidei vivae & justificantis. Verum observant Viri docti duplicem esse fiduciam. Unam quam vocant perfugii, atque adhaerentiae, qua fidelis Deo adhaeret, & in Christo salutem & justitiam quaerit, quae fiducia in Scriptura voce בטח & חסה exprimi solet. Alteram quam dicunt fiduciam sensus; qua quis de justitia & salute jam impetrata confidit, & ad Deum accedit absque timore atque formidine. Quae fiducia Hebraica voce מבטח significatur, & in Novo Testamento παρρησία & πεποίθησις dicitur. Prior illa pertinet ad essentiam fidei vivae & justificantis, & justificationis nostrae instrumentum est; seu conditio sine qua nemo justificatur. Altera vero est fidei fructus, sive effectus, quem perpetuo non exercent; quique non semper apparet & sentitur in fidelibus & justificatis, & unde non pendet necessario salus & justificatio. Petrus Molinaeus, Petri Molinaei filius, Tract. Gallico de Fide Justificante.
About this text
Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu, Sedan Theses, newly rendered from Latin: from theology proper through the Roman theses I–77 and the Reformed theses of Part Two. The theses only — not the collected works.
English follows locked Pitt Latin through Imaginum CLOSED + Sanctorum Cultu Romana CLOSED + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL. 1675 PDF ~384-390 (book ~370-376); Vision OCR + pdftotext + tess. No modern English. This slice densifies Sanctorum Pars Secunda I-XL. Next: Pars Secunda XLI–fin (~CI). Claim stays claimed (book densify not done).
Catalogue & scope
ESTC R17887; Wing L802. IA bub_gb_eOkHAW4G0-wC (+ EEBO 1675 for gap leaves). Densify through Sanctorum Cultu Romana I-LXXVII + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL (Pars Secunda not closed; not whole folio).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Theologia I-XLIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Checked print Internet Archive PDF of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- Checked print pdftotext of De Theologia pages (Latin)
- Checked print Internet Archive DjVu OCR of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Fide I-XXII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Authoritate Scripturae Pars I I-XLVII + Pars II I-XXXV + Pars III I-VIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Scripturae plenitudine densify (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
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