Theological Theses · §764

Prefer fuller definitions — English Confession 1647: whole Word, chiefly receiving Christ

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Le Blanc prefers fuller, clearer definitions of justifying faith.

English Confession 1647: saving faith believes whatever God reveals, on God’s speaking authority, and is differently moved by each part — obeys commands, trembles at threats, embraces promises for this life and the next.

Chief acts: accept and receive Christ, and rest in him alone for justification, sanctification, and eternal life, by the covenant of grace.

Latin

LXXXVIII. Itaque magis probamus definitiones illas, quae naturam fidei justificantis plenius & distinctius exponunt & declarant. Qualis est descriptio Fidei quae reperitur in Confessione Anglicana Anni 1647. dum dicit fidem salutarem esse per quam Christianus verum credit quicquid est Verbo Dei revelatum, propter Dei ipsius in Verbo loquentis authoritatem, & differenter agit ac afficitur super singulis quae continet istud Verbum; mandatis scilicet, obsequens, ad minas contremiscens, & amplectens Dei promissiones, tam quae ad hanc vitam, quam quae ad futuram pertinent. Sed fidei illius, praecipuos actus esse, acceptare & recipere Christum, & in eo solo acquiescere ad justificationem, sanctificationem, & vitam aeternam, virtute foederis gratiae.

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

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