Either conceptual order allowed — Reformed end-first preferred; better not to fight
Either conceptual order is allowed: end-first or execution-first.
Reformed (and Le Blanc) prefer end/intention-first as more fitting.
Still: better neither to raise nor settle — no piety fruit, much fight.
Latin
XXXIV. Itaque non video quid mali, vel periculi sit, si quis decretum de gloria alicui donanda concipiat ut prius decreto de conferendis gratiae auxiliis, quia gloria se habet ut finis, gratiae vero auxilia, ut media quae ad finem illum consequendum necessaria sunt; aut contra, si quis concipiat decretum de praebendis gratiae auxiliis, ut prius decreto de conferenda gloria, quia reipsa Deus prius gratiam communicat, & postea gloriam, & ita secundum ordinem causae efficientis, gratia gloriam praecedit: quamvis prior ille ordo, ut in Scholis Reformatis longe magis receptus est, ita nobis etiam videtur convenientior. Etenim sapientis est finem aliquem intendere, postea vero apud se statuere de mediis quae ad finem illum obtinendum conducunt. Forte tamen consultius esset quaestiones ejusmodi, quae nihil ad fructum pietatis faciunt, & nihilominus saepe gravissimas contentiones excitant, nec movere, nec determinare.
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.