Isaiah 40 and Psalm 145 — greatness without end
Isa 40: waters in a fist, heavens in a span — nations as a drop / dust / nothing.
If the finite universe boxed Him, greatness would end.
Ps 145 En cheker: greatness has no end / no searching out.
Latin
XXI. Et huc etiam facit quod Deus, apud Isaiam capite quadragesimo, dicitur mensus fuisse pugillo aquas, & caelos spithama, denique tantus ut in conspectu ejus gentes sint tanquam gutta e situla, tanquam flos pulverisculi in lancibus: imo velut nihil, & quid minus nihilo & inanitate. Quibus verbis Deo tanta magnitudo tribuitur, ut, illius respectu, totum hoc universum sit res parva & quasi nihili. Et certe si Deus universo concluderetur, nec esset illo superior, finem haberet illius magnitudo: quandoquidem mundus est aliquid finitum. Sed diserte Psaltes affirmat magnitudinis Dei non esse finem: Psal. 145. Magnus est Dominus, & laudabilis nimis, & magnitudinis illius En cheker, non est investigatio, id est, ut recte vertit vulgata, non est finis. Cur enim magnitudinis Dei non est investigatio, nisi quoniam illa nec modum habet nec finem.
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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