Past knowledge — Moses, memory, books, final judgment
Scripture recounts ancient past via Moses.
“Remembering” covenant/oath presupposes knowing.
Books (Ps 56/139) + final judgment seal exact past knowledge.
Latin
XXVI. Et certe praeteritorum notitiam Deo tribuendam esse, vel inde patet quod Deus in Scriptura multa pluribus ante saeculis praeterita recenset, primamque rerum originem ab initio per Mosen repetit. Hoc quoque facit, quod Scriptura memoriam Deo tribuit, ut quum dicitur meminisse foederis vel juramenti sui. Etenim licet Deus idcirco praecipue dicatur meminisse rerum, quia earum rationem habet, aut propter eas aliquid operatur, hoc ipsum tamen supponit Deum illas probe novisse ac tenere. Nec alio referendi sunt libri illi, in quibus ea quae fiunt & contingunt Deus scribere dicitur, Psal. 56. 9. & Psal. 139. 16. Per hoc enim Scriptura innuit Deum oblivioni praeterita non mandare, sed illa Deo tam certo & distincte cognita manere, ac si ab eo scriptis mandata essent, & continuo lecta. Sed praecipue exactam rerum praeteritarum cognitionem in Deo arguit universale illud judicium, in quo unicuique pro praeteritis ejus factis, dictis & cogitatis, sive bonis sive malis olim redditurus est: juxta illa ultima Ecclesiastae verba, Cuncta quae fiunt adducet Deus in judicium de omni abscondito sive bonum sive malum sit.
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)
This is an AI-assisted study translation. Source fidelity and completeness have not been independently certified. Open Latin on each section (or the Latin source witness link) for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.