Living faith applies the whole Word practically — not Gospel promises only
Some: the application that marks living saving faith vs historical/dead is not limited to Gospel promises — though those are its chief object.
True faith applies grace-promises and the rest of God’s Word, each in its own way.
Practically: refer everything in the Word to one’s own action and use.
Promises → judge highest good and blessedness there; redemption mysteries → seek consolation and conscience-peace; precepts → resolve to live by them.
Latin
LXXVIII. Denique sunt qui existimant applicationem istam, per quam viva & salvifica fides ab historica & mortua distinguitur, restringendam non esse ad promissiones Evangelii, quanquam illae sint potissimum & praecipuum illius objectum; sed fideles per veram illam fidem qua salvantur & justificantur, non solum sibi applicare promissiones gratiae, sed & caetera quae continet Dei verbum; quodque, scilicet, suo modo. Istam vero applicationem in eo consistere, quod vere fidelis omnia quae verbo Dei continentur practice considerat, & ad actionem atque usum suum peculiarem refert. Ita credit, verbi causa, Evangelii promissionibus de remissione peccatorum, de felicitate & gloria aeterna, ut in istis summum suum bonum & beatitudinem, ad quam ipsi sit totis viribus aspirandum, sitam esse firmiter & efficaciter judicet: Ita fidem adhibet Redemptionis nostrae mysteriis, ut in iis consolationem, & pacem conscientiae sibi quaerendam plane existimet: denique sic divina praecepta considerat, ut secundum ista sibi vitam esse exigendam certo apud se constituat, & constanter proponat.
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)
This is an AI-assisted study translation. Source fidelity and completeness have not been independently certified. Open Latin on each section (or the Latin source witness link) for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.