Theological Theses · §598

Why some restrict, others extend praedestinatio — creation not under mercy-end

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Why restrict vs extend praedestinatio? How many providence-acts they tie to the mercy-end in election.

Agreed: acts/effects that of themselves show mercy or justice in salvation/punishment belong under election/reprobation.

Disputed: whether creation’s end is that mercy/justice end.

Extenders: create-man decree enters praedestinatio; restrictors (Le Blanc, more probable): it does not.

Creation → power, goodness, wisdom — not directly mercy/justice manifestation.

Latin

XXXVII. Quod si quis ulterius quaerat, unde sit ut Theologi alii sic restringant, alii vero sic extendant praedestinationis vocem? Respondeo hoc inde esse quod alii plures, alii pauciores divinae providentiae actus atque effectus referunt ad finem a Deo intentum in quorundam hominum praedestinatione, qui est illustratio misericordiae divinae in eorum salute. In hoc enim Theologi consentire videntur, quod ad praedestinationem & reprobationem hominum revocandi sunt omnes providentiae Dei actus atque effectus, qui ad manifestationem tum misericordiae, tum justitiae divinae in certorum hominum vel aeterna salute, vel justa punitione per se referuntur. Finem autem illum a Deo intentum in hominis creatione, alii negant, alii affirmant. Juxta hos posteriores aeternum Dei decretum de homine condendo praedestinationis decretum ingreditur, & partem illius facit, minime vero, secundum priorum sententiam, ad quam accedimus ut probabilorem. Quippe hominis creatio per se & directe referri non videtur ad misericordiae vel justitiae divinae manifestationem, sed potius ad illustrationem potentiae, bonitatis, & sapientiae divinae.

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

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