Effect-perfection is in the cause — Psalm 94; Isaiah 66
No effect-perfection missing from the first cause.
Ps 94: planter of the ear hears; former of the eye sees.
Isa 66: He who makes others bear is not barren.
Latin
VI. Etenim certissimum est in effectu nullam esse posse perfectionem, quae in causa quodammodo non sit. Quandoquidem ergo Deus est prima rerum omnium causa, nihil in ulla re potest esse perfectionis quod in Deo non reperiatur. Atque hoc indicat Scriptura, dum perfectionem aliquam in rebus a Deo factis notans, inde argumentatur Deum multo magis talem perfectionem habere. Veluti Psal. 94. An, inquit Propheta, qui aurem plantavit non audiet? an qui oculum formavit non videbit? Et Isa. 66. Nunquid ego qui alios parere facio, ipse non pariam, dicit Dominus? An ego qui generationem ceteris tribuo, sterilis ero?
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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