A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §252

Annotatio IV §.I: External obstacles — Devil’s instincts and arts; neither over-blame nor exempt him

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The external sort fall under the Devil’s varied instincts, tricks, and wicked arts — he being the first parent of lies, quarrels, and slanders.

We must neither exaggerate with the crowd that dumps nearly every misdeed on the Devil, nor, with the author of this fascinated world, exempt him from the community of human things and deeds.

Latin

Priores variis Diaboli, mendaciorum, rixarum ac calumniarum parentis primi instinctibus, technis artibusque nefariis comprehenduntur, uti neutiquam cum vulgo, omnia propemodum malefacta sua horumque culpam in Diabolum transferre solito, supramodum exaggerandis, ita neque cum fascinati Mundi Autore vel rerum vel actionum humanarum Communitate eximendis:

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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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