Ames/Davenant refuge-fiducia still only part of the last disposition — do not isolate one act
Still more probable: Ames, Davenant, Pierre Du Moulin fils, and others — the chief specific act is refuge-fiducia: clinging to God, leaning on him, fleeing to his mercy for grace and pardon.
Le Blanc’s candid caveat: do not tear saving faith’s acts apart so justification is pinned on one alone.
Refuge-fiducia is part of the last proximate disposition that infallibly brings justification — but not the whole; other acts belong there too.
Latin
CXI. Plus ergo probabilitatis habet adhuc sententia Amesii, Davenantii, Petri Molinaei filii, & multorum aliorum superius allegatorum. Quae est praecipuum & specificum actum fidei justificantis, cui justificatio proprie tribuenda est, esse fiduciam illam qua Deo adhaeremus, eique innitimur, & ad misericordiam illius confugimus, ut gratiam & veniam ab eo impetremus. Sed ut ingenue dicam quid hac de re sentiam, non puto ita discerpendos & disjungendos esse fidei salvificae actus, ut uni, caeteris exclusis, tribuatur justificatio. Nam descripta fiducia est quidem pars illius ultimae, & proximae dispositionis cui promissum est Justificatio, & qua posita ponitur immediate & infallibiliter. Sed non sola illam constituit, & ad eandem dispositionem plures alii quoque actus pertinent.
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.