Prophetic oracles shine with the greatest divinity-light: clear, named, and fulfilled
Especially in the Prophets' oracles and inspirations the greatest light of divinity shines — of which we spoke already above — because it not only suffices to persuade a pious and faithful mind, but also avails much to refute the enemies of God's Word and to prove its divinity even against the profane. For if you regard the matter of the sacred oracles, they are not about things of no or slight moment, but about what looks to God's glory and the salvation of the whole human race. Nor are the prophetic oracles entangled and ambiguous, as the pagans' oracles once were, but so clear and plain that persons and place are often named in them, and the time of fulfillment is fixed beforehand with precision. Nor are they fallacious and uncertain: by the event itself most have already been proved.
Latin
XLII. Praecipue in vaticiniis et afflatibus Prophetarum divinitatis maxima lux affulget, de qua jam antea diximus, quoniam non tantum sufficit ad pium et fidelem animum persuadendum, sed etiam plurimum valet ad verbi Dei hostes redarguendos, et divinitatem illius comprobandam etiam adversus profanos. Nam si vaticiniorum sacrorum materiam spectes, non sunt de rebus nullius aut exigui momenti, sed quae ad Dei gloriam et totius Humani generis salutem spectant. Neque prophetarum praedictiones perplexae sunt et ambiguae, ut Ethnicorum olim oracula, sed clarae adeo, atque perspicuae, ut in iis personae et locus designentur propriis saepe nominibus, et precise complementi tempus praefiniatur. Neque etiam sunt fallaces et incertae, sed tales ut ipso eventu pleraeque jam comprobatae sint.
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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