Theological Theses · §1314

Baron’s fifth–sixth: non-exclusion is from mercy; comparative lightness explains why some are venial

Absolutely, non-exclusion from favor is mercy, not the sin’s nature.

Comparatively, lighter regenerate faults are lighter in themselves—so grace’s covenant punishes them more mildly than conscience-wasting atrocities.

Latin

XXXVII. Postea vero quintam & sextam assertionem his verbis enunciat, Quod hujusmodi regenitorum peccata eos non excludant a favore Dei, & a spe regni coelestis, id simpliciter & absolute habent, non ex natura sua, sed ex Dei misericordia. Si vero peccata regenitorum leviora comparative considerentur, (hoc est, si conferantur cum eorundem peccatis gravioribus,) sique quaeratur cur illa potius quam haec sint venialia, & a favore Dei non excludant? dicendum est ea ex se & sua natura hoc habere. Etsi enim, inquit, absolute loquendo, haec peccata sunt gravia, comparative tamen levia sunt: & haec comparativa eorum levitas, quae in ipsorum natura est fundata, procul-dubio est ratio, ob quam Deus voluit ea sub foedere gratiae clementius punire, quam atrocia & conscientiam vastantia peccata.

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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