Perkins: five degrees from Gospel knowledge to special Spirit-persuasion
Perkins (Golden Chain 16): five degrees in faith’s rise.
1. Spirit-illumined Gospel knowledge → general assent.
2. Hope of pardon — remissible even if not yet felt remitted.
3. Hunger for grace offered in Christ.
4. Access to the throne of grace — apprehend Christ; find mercy.
5. Spirit-impressed special persuasion applying Gospel promises to myself.
Latin
XXX. Perkinsius in ortu fidei quinque gradus observat. Primus est notitia Evangelii per illuminationem Spiritus Sancti; quam sequitur in illuminatis omnibus fides generalis, qua praebent assensum Evangelio: Secundus est spes veniae, qua peccator, etsi nondum sentit remissum esse peccatum, remissibile tamen esse credit: Tertius est esuries & vehemens expetitio gratiae, quae est oblata in Christo Jesu: Quartus, accessus ad thronum gratiae, ut apprehenso ibidem Christo, inveniamus misericordiam apud Deum: Quintus est specialis persuasio cordi a Spiritu Sancto impressa, qua promissiones Evangelicas quisque sibi speciatim applicat. In Armilla Aurea, cap. 16.
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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