Two doubts answer the two trusts: deadly doubt of the promise versus non-mortal doubt of one’s own faith
Doubt of the promise’s truth kills faith; doubt of one’s own interest, born of sensed weakness, can coexist with true though languid faith.
James 1’s warning targets the first doubt, not the second.
Latin
XXV. Atque ut res magis illustretur, ab iisdem Viris Doctis recte observatum est, duplici isti fiduciae, duplicem opponi dubitationem, & haesitationem. Unam qua quis dubitat circa Dei promissiones, an scilicet, verae sint, necne; & an debeat quaerere in Deo perfugium, & salutem in Christo. Alteram vero qua quis de veritate divinae promissionis minime dubitans, & certus ad Deum confugere, ac salutem in Christo quaerere, de propria tamen salute & peccatorum suorum remissione dubitat, ex propriae suae infirmitatis sensu; & quia concussus tentationibus, non videtur fidem satis firmam in se agnoscere, ut nec fructus satis poenitentia dignos. Prior illa dubitatio perniciosa & mortifera est, & cum fidei natura & veritate simpliciter pugnat. Posterior non item. Etenim quamvis fides perfecta illam expellat, ex quodam fidei defectu, & quasi morbo nascatur; cum fide tamen vera, licet infirma atque languida, consistere potest. Et dum fidei morbum quendam arguit, simul tamen est fidei adhuc vivae, necdum mortuae, argumentum. Quod dicit Jacobus, Epist. cap. 1. Eum qui dubitat a Domino expectare debere, de priori dubitatione intelligendum est, non de posteriori.
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)
- Checked print Internet Archive PDF of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- Checked print pdftotext of De Theologia pages (Latin)
- Checked print Internet Archive DjVu OCR of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- 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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