Bernardinus of Siena: Mary did more for God than God for man—Rivet and Drelincourt collect the sayings

Bernardinus of Siena: Mary did more for God than God for humankind—so God is much obliged to us for her sake.

Rivet and Drelincourt gather such sayings; Le Blanc sends the curious reader there.

Latin

LXXIII. Neque haec adhuc videntur ipsis satis. Addunt Virginem plus fecisse Deo, quam videtur ipse Deus fecisse generi humano. Postquam enim Bernardinus alter, nempe Senensis, qui fuit in numerum Sanctorum relatus, longam comparationem inter Deum & Beatam Virginem instituit, concludit tandem his verbis, Reddendo ergo singula singulis scilicet quod fecit Deus homini, & quod fecit Beata Virgo ipsi Deo, videtis, ut pro solatio dicere liceat, quod plus Maria Deo, quam ipse Deus homini fecit: Unde Deus propter Virginem obligatur nobis plurimum. Quae pluribus deducta, & suis locis citata videre est, apud Andream Rivetum, lib. 2. Apologiae pro Sanctissima Virgine Maria. Et apud Carolum Drelincourtium libris accurate & prolixe scriptis de Honore Beatae Virgini Mariae debito: ex quibus haec modo de multis excerpta sunt: & ad quos curiosum lectorem remittimus, si cui plura hujusmodi legere, & apud authores inquirere libeat.

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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