Proofs that God is also prove He knows

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Deum-esse proofs force a knowing first cause.

Best/wisest cause sets ends and directs creatures.

World-order displays supreme knowing power.

Latin

I. Illa argumenta quae demonstrant Deum esse, eadem quoque probant illum esse intellectu & scientia praeditum: iis enim concluditur necessario dari causam primam, non tantum potentissimam, sed etiam optimam & sapientissimam, quae rebus singulis fines optimos praestituat, eisque commodissime & convenientissime ad finem suum quamque ducat atque dirigat, neque in Dei operibus quicquam clarius elucet, quam μιμητότατον ejus sapientia, quae corpora mundana, & varias in eis creaturas stupenda quadam arte fabricata est, & etiam prorsus admirando ordine inter se disposuit: adeoque necesse est ei inesse summam & excellentissimam vim cognoscendi & intelligendi.

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)
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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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