Paraeus and Ames: generic vs specific object — quae justificat and qua justificat
Paraeus: generic object = all God revealed; specific = promise of special mercy.
Ames: object of faith which justifies vs by which it justifies.
Which-justifies spans the whole Word; by-which restricts to the promise of mercy.
Special mercy follows faith — it does not precede it.
Faith justifies by fleeing to Christ for particular remission, not by believing sins already remitted.
Proper object as such: Christ Himself, not a bare proposition.
Latin
XXV. Eadem est doctrina Paraei in Bellarmini librum primum de Justificatione, cap. 8. ubi affirmat objectum fidei genericum esse omnia quae Deus in verbo suo revelavit; specificum, promissionem specialis misericordiae. Affini quoque ratione Amesius distinguit inter objectum fidei quae justificat, & qua justificat. Et facile concedit fidei quae justificat objectum tam late patere quam Dei verbum; sed fidei qua justificat objectum restringit ad promissionem misericordiae: Et misericordiam illam concedit esse specialem, sed observat nos per misericordiam specialem non intelligere eam quae fidem antecedat, sed quae per ipsam fidem specialis evadit. Quibus verbis significat fidem hominem non justificare, quia credit sibi esse remissa peccata, sed quia per fidem ad Christum confugit, ut sibi in particulari peccata remittantur, & confidit sibi esse remittenda; qua fide remissionem peccatorum reipsa obtinet. Et propterea quoque in sequentibus dicit proprium objectum fidei justificantis, qua talis, non esse propositionem aliquam, sed Christum ipsum, in quo acquiescit ad justificationem a Deo consequendam. Nempe, quia vult fidem proprie non justificare, quatenus credit veram propositionem aliquam, quaecunque tamen illa sit; sed quatenus ad Christum confugit & eo innititur, ut per eum misericordiam, & peccatorum veniam consequatur. In Bellarmini Enervato, libr. 6. cap. 1. & 2. num. 22.
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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