Certainty of the indwelling Spirit entails certainty of justification

If one knows the Spirit dwells within, one cannot doubt true justifying faith.

Paul and John treat the gift of the Spirit as a known mark of abiding in Christ.

Latin

X. Deinde quicunque certus est se habere spiritum Dei inhabitantem, dubitare non potest quin sit per veram fidem justificatus, & Deo acceptus. Nec enim spiritus ille datur aliis quam vere credentibus. Sed fideles possunt certo scire se Spiritum Sanctum habere. Nam Apostolus 1 Cor. 2. dicit se & alios fideles Spiritum qui ex Deo est accepisse, ut sciant quae a Deo donata sunt ipsis. Et 1 Joan. 3. In hoc, inquit, scimus quoniam in ipso manemus, & ipse in nobis, quoniam de Spiritu suo dedit nobis. Quod argumentum? Et quomodo ex eo quod spiritum Dei habemus colligere possumus quod in nobis maneat Christus, & nos in ipso.

About this text

Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu - Sedan Theological Theses, newly rendered from the 1675 London Latin. Covers De Theologia through Angelorum & Hominum Sanctorum Cultu Romana I-LXXVII and Pars Secunda (Reformata) I-XL. Not the collected folio.

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)
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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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