Scruple — rational creature’s assent should not outrun its grounds
Naked Spirit-imprint story leaves a scruple.
Rational assent shouldn’t outrun its grounds (perception/signs/authority).
Else a reason-less grade — against rational creature’s genius.
Spirit works above nature, not against it.
Latin
XXXI. Verum ista sic nude & breviter proposita scrupulum aliquem in animo relinquunt. Sicut enim non congruit creaturae rationali, ut ulli rei assensum praebeat, quin ante ipsa per se veritatem ejus percipiat, vel ex quibusdam signis & argumentis colligat, aut saltem ad credendum moveatur gravi quadam authoritate: Ita quoque eidem congruere non videtur, ut certior sit ejus assensus quam possunt argumenta quibus movetur ad assentiendum. Alioquin in isto assensu erit saltem gradus aliquis ratione omni destitutus, ac nulli solido fundamento subnixus, quod abhorret a genio creaturae rationalis. Constituendum est autem Spiritum Sanctum fidem aliasque virtutes, sive virtutum actus in nobis operari modo quodam naturae congruo & consentaneo, & qui licet sit supra naturam, minime tamen est naturae contrarius.
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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