Gad and Nathan's lost books are Samuel / Kings still extant
For the cited lost books: either they did not perish, or they were never canonical immediate inspiration.
Gad and Nathan we count prophetic and canonical — but still extant as Samuel, Vulgate 1-2 Kings.
Samuel alone cannot be full author: his death falls mid-1 Samuel, so he stops around chapter 16.
The rest, and 2 Samuel, fit Gad and Nathan, who lived the story and are named beside Samuel as its writers and continuators.
Latin
V. Jam vero quod attinet ad eos libros, quorum exemplo, adversarii probare contendunt, libros quosdam divinos & authenticos periisse, Dico, vel falsum esse quod perierint, vel eos nunquam Canonicos fuisse, & immediate a Deo inspiratos. Et quidem existimamus propheticos fuisse, & ad Canonem pertinere libros Gad Videntis, & Nathanis Prophetae, qui cap. ult. lib. 1. Paralip. junguntur libris Samuelis, & in quibus scripta fuisse dicuntur gesta regis David, tam prima quam novissima: sed negamus illos periisse, & etiamnum extare pertendimus. Sunt enim illi ipsi libri qui hodie libri Samuelis vocantur, sive, prout habet vulgata versio, primus & secundus Regum. Nam quod solus Samuel non sit illorum author, inde manifestum est, quod in medio libri primi mors Samuelis describitur. Non potuit ergo Samuel scribere ultra sexdecim circiter hujus libri capita. Reliquum vero libri, & alterum etiam librum, qui ex usu Judaeorum Samuelis etiam dicitur, quinam potius scripserint, quam Gad & Nathan Prophetae, qui tempore illo vixerunt, & illius historiae pars ipsi non minima fuerunt? Certe hoc satis aperte indicat ille ipse locus quem adversarii citant: Nam ibi Gad & Nathan Samueli junguntur, tanquam ejusdem Davidis historiae scriptores & continuatores.
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)
This is an AI-assisted study translation. Source fidelity and completeness have not been independently certified. Open Latin on each section (or the Latin source witness link) for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.