Scripture proves itself by innate notes of divinity — like creation or a classic author's genius
Bare self-assertions in Scripture do not convince those who already doubt its authority — in that sense Scripture cannot prove Scripture.
Yet another sense holds: Scripture carries many innate notes of divinity by which it shows itself true and divine.
As heaven and earth prove God by excellence and wisdom's traces — not by a spoken certificate.
As a book claims Aristotle or Cicero by genius of doctrine and style, not by the title page alone.
Scripture's books likewise bear divine wisdom so deeply that inspiration and divine authorship appear.
Latin
XXXIII. Praeterea hic observandum est, testimonia, quibus Scriptura sacra se divinam asserit, non esse quidem idonea & efficacia argumenta ad convincendos eos qui in dubium vocant Scripturae authoritatem; Et eatenus verum est Scripturam per Scripturam probari non posse. Sed tamen alio sensu Scriptura per Scripturam ipsam probari potest, quatenus Scripturae insunt multa divinitatis argumenta & notae quibus ipsa se veram & divinam indicat & asserit. Non secus ac caelum & terra probant & ostendunt suum authorem Deum esse, non simplici aliqua voce & testimonio, sed ex ipsa suae naturae praestantia, & potentiae ac sapientiae divinae vestigiis quae in illis notari possunt: aut ut aliquis liber Aristoteli & Ciceroni se vindicat, non ex solo titulo, sed ex ipsius doctrinae genio, acumine styli & differendi modo, qui ejusmodi est ut non possit nisi praestantibus illis ingeniis tribui. Ita enim Scripturae libri, seu stylum, seu res ipsas spectes, tam alte impressa habent sapientiae divinae vestigia, ut satis appareat illos divinitus inspiratos esse, & Deum habere authorem.
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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