The world's rapid faith in the Gospel makes Scripture's divinity credible; Paul from Jerusalem to Illyricum
Next, that the doctrine and that Scripture which we hold as divine are truly divine is made very credible by the faith which the world has given them. For in a few years the Gospel of Christ pervaded almost the whole world; and as soon as it began to be preached to the nations, it found countless followers everywhere, of every age, sex, and condition — so much so that one Paul, from Jerusalem even to Illyricum, in a very short space of time filled all things with the Gospel of Christ, as he himself writes to the Romans (Romans 15:19). But that could not have come about except from a certain divine force that accompanied that sacred doctrine; and as the same Paul notes in the place cited, from the power of the divine Spirit engraving it on men's hearts and confirming it with various prodigies and signs.
Latin
XIII. Deinde doctrinam et Scripturam illam, quam pro divina habemus, vere divinam esse, valde credibile reddit fides, quae illi in mundo habita est. Paucis enim annis Evangelium Christi totum fere orbem pervasit; et statim atque coepit gentibus praedicari, innumeros invenit ubique sectatores, omnis aetatis, sexus et conditionis: adeo ut unus Paulus ab Hierosolymis in Illyricum usque, brevi admodum temporis spatio, omnia repleverit Evangelio Christi, sicut ipse scribit ad Romanos c.15. Istud autem provenire non potuit nisi a vi quadam divina, quae doctrinam illam sacram comitata est: et ut notat idem Paulus loco citato, a virtute divini Spiritus, illam cordibus hominum insculpentis, variisque prodigiis et signis confirmantis.
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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