Prefer fuller definitions — English Confession 1647: whole Word, chiefly receiving Christ
Le Blanc prefers fuller, clearer definitions of justifying faith.
English Confession 1647: saving faith believes whatever God reveals, on God’s speaking authority, and is differently moved by each part — obeys commands, trembles at threats, embraces promises for this life and the next.
Chief acts: accept and receive Christ, and rest in him alone for justification, sanctification, and eternal life, by the covenant of grace.
Latin
LXXXVIII. Itaque magis probamus definitiones illas, quae naturam fidei justificantis plenius & distinctius exponunt & declarant. Qualis est descriptio Fidei quae reperitur in Confessione Anglicana Anni 1647. dum dicit fidem salutarem esse per quam Christianus verum credit quicquid est Verbo Dei revelatum, propter Dei ipsius in Verbo loquentis authoritatem, & differenter agit ac afficitur super singulis quae continet istud Verbum; mandatis scilicet, obsequens, ad minas contremiscens, & amplectens Dei promissiones, tam quae ad hanc vitam, quam quae ad futuram pertinent. Sed fidei illius, praecipuos actus esse, acceptare & recipere Christum, & in eo solo acquiescere ad justificationem, sanctificationem, & vitam aeternam, virtute foederis gratiae.
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.