Before God nothing is properly great — Isa 40
Nothing properly great before self-sufficient God.
Infinite distance: our greatest ≈ our least to Him.
Isa 40: nations as a drop — else strip all knowledge.
Latin
XXII. Adde quod Dei respectu nihil proprie magnum aut pretiosum dici potest. Nec enim ullius indiget, aut aliquem ex ulla re, qui ad ipsum redeat, fructum capere potest, cum sit αὐτάρκης, & sibi sufficiens. Nec etiam quidquam ad ejus magnitudinem accedit. Nam quae sunt quantumlibet magna in infinitum, sua immensitate superat. Nec minus ab eo distant quae maxima videntur nobis, quam quae minima: cum inter Deum & creaturam quamvis distantia sit infinita, qua nulla major dari potest. Adeoque, si Deus nil nosse debet, quod non sit coram ipso magnum & momentosum, necesse est omnium scientiam ei adimere, quia omnia sunt ei tanquam nihilum, ut magnificis verbis docet Isaias cap. 40. Ecce, inquit, gentes quasi stilla situlae, & quasi pulvis staturae reputatae sunt: ecce insulae quasi pulverem exiguum. Omnes Gentes quasi non sint sic sunt coram eo, & quasi nihilum & inane reputatae sunt ei.
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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