Theological Theses · §1176

Bold access to the throne of grace is incompatible with uncertainty whether God is appeased

Scripture bids bold access to grace’s throne.

Uncertainty whether God is for or against us yields only anxious fear, not confidence.

Latin

XVI. His adde, quod jubemur adire cum fiducia ad thronum gratiae, Hebr. 4. quodque dicimur in Christo habere fiduciam sive audaciam, & accessum in confidentia per fidem ejus, Ephes. 3. Sed qua cum audacia, qua cum fiducia accedemus ad thronum gratiae, si incertum sit an Deus nobis sit placatus, an infensus? quidve potest aliud in animo gignere talis incertitudo, quam timorem anxium, & meram trepidationem.

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

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