A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §131

J.X: Partly for Philippica fame — Reformed hold Melanchthon's name with Luther's; do not sneer at anti-idolatry Reformers as heretics

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Meantime the case was argued partly for Philippica fame, which the Reformed cherish as they do Luther's.

They reckon that favor owed to every Reformer who broke with papal idol-madness: do not rashly sneer at their writings and deeds, nor bait them as heretics.

Latin

Disputata interim sunt partim in gratiam Philippicae famae, quam perinde atque Lutheri, in deliciis habent Reformati, omnibus Reformatoribus Pontificiae Idolomaniae hanc gratiam deberi augurati, ne Scripta Factaque istorum vel temere suggillentur, vel exagitentur odiose haereseosque coarguantur;

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Samuel Strimesius — Prefatio through Controversiae Post Lutherum Controv. III-XIII + XV Tolerantia, Hexades Annotationum Prooemium and Annotatio I through Decem Theses / Francus plus Annotatio II §.I-§.VI and Annotatio III §.I–§.VII (through Cassellanum 1661) from Ingenua in Controversias Evangelicorum (Frankfurt an der Oder, 1708). Honest partial; Prefatio silence reasons, Annotatio III §.VIII+ fruits / §.IX+, Hexades theses body, deeper Controversiae / Part II remain.

English follows the locked 1708 Francofurti ad Viadrum Latin of Prefatio §I–II, Crimina defenses through III, Part I Protheoria through Controversiae Obices/Historia/Varii gradus, Formula Discord/Disparitas, Ulterius confirmatur / Classes / Formula protest / triplex differentia, Coena Domini Controversiae Priores through Precariae Hypotheses (Controv. print pp. 34–40), Controversiae Post Lutherum Natae Controv. III–XV tip (providence through De Tolerantia mutua; Controv. print pp. 40–78), Hexades Annotationum Prooemium H.I–§.III (Hexades print pp. 1–4 / PDF ~182–185), and Annotatio I De Augustana Confessione §.I–§.VIII tip (Hexades print pp. 5–24+ / PDF ~186–205+), reconstructed from Google Books PDF page images (ONB copy, id 3epYAAAAcAAJ) with pdftotext as check. No modern English was copied. Sister Halle digitization of Ingenua in Arminianismum (DOI 10.25673/65287) remains Anubis-blocked — skipped; Controversias only. Prefatio silence reasons, Annotatio I §.IX+, Hexades theses body beyond §.VIII, and remainder of Controversiae / folio remain.

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