Life of God tota simul — Plutarch's river and tree
God's life: not only endless — tota simul (all at once).
Time adds/takes nothing for Him; Plutarch: eternity in a unique now.
Time as river carrying the sailor; God as rooted tree the stream flows past.
Latin
XIII. Optimo quoque jure a Theologis vita Dei dicitur non tantum interminabilis, sed etiam tota simul, quia de vita ejus, sicut de nostra, nihil cum tempore effluit, sed Deus quovis momento simul habet, quicquid in toto simul tempore, quum ipsi, temporis progressus nihil adjiciat, vel adimat, ut caeteris rebus, quae sunt mutationi obnoxiae: quo respicit Plutarchus tract. de vocula e templi Delphici vestibulo inscripta. Deus, inquit, cum unus sit unico nunc aeternitatem complevit: quia scilicet in tota temporis amplitudine nullum momentum sumi potest in quo habeat aliquid quod ante non habuerit, vel olim habiturus non sit, aut non habeat aliquid quod antea habebat, aut aliquando sit habiturus. Unde tempus merito comparatur flumini perpetuo labenti, nauta, qui fluvio innatans ab eo abripitur; Deus vero arbori altis radicibus alveo implantatae, immobiliter & constanter in eodem statu manenti; fluvius ille temporis imago jugi fluxu praeterlabitur.
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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