Gerhard: venial/mortal labels track mercy and person, not the act’s nature—with four cautions

Gerhard: ‘venial/mortal’ labels track Trinitarian mercy toward the regenerate, not the act’s nature under law.

Four marks of resisting infirmity, then four cautions—prefer ‘mortiferous/reigning’ and ‘infirmity-falls’ over the Roman names.

Latin

LV. Qua de re tota prolixe agit Joannes Gerhardus in locis Theologicis, ubi circa hanc distinctionem mentem suam explicat his verbis. Quod peccata quaedam dicuntur venialia, quaedam tantum mortalia, id non fit propter naturam peccatorum, sed propter misericordiam Patris, meritum Filii, & sanctificationem Spiritus; ac respicit haec divisio non omnes homines in genere, sed tantum renatos; nec desumenda est ex lege, quae omnia peccata qualiacunque & quantulacunque sint, accusat & damnat; sed ex Evan-gelio, quod ostendit credentibus in Christum peccata infirmitatis, ignorantiae, & pravas concupiscentias non imputari, si eis resistant, hoc est, si renati 1. Haec mala in corde habitantia agnoscant: 2. De illis serio doleant: 3. Merito Mediatoris velut umbra-culo tegi petant & credant: 4. Frena eis nequaquam laxent, sed Spiritu eis resistant, crucifigentes carnem cum concupiscentiis. Ex quibus omnibus apparet, 1. In non re-natis nulla esse peccata venialia, sed omnia mortalia: 2. Venialia peccata esse talia non ex natura ipsius actus, sed ex conditione personae delinquentis, quae si est in Christo per fidem, peccata infirmitatis teguntur: 3. Nomen mortalis peccati non esse satis commodum, dicendum potius erat mortiferum ac regnans: 4. Nec venialium pecca-torum nomen satis commodum est, dicenda potius erant peccata infirmitatis, lapsus hu-mani, pravae concupiscentiae, &c. Neque enim ideo dicuntur venialia, quod in se & ex se venia sint digna; sed quod Deus credentibus ea dimittere veniaque dignetur. Tom. 2, tract. 13. de Peccatis actualibus, cap. 19, num. 92.

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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