Elder Du Moulin defines by complete faith yet keeps weak faith without full assurance
Elder Du Moulin defines faith as assent that Gospel promises are true and mine — yet refuses to expunge from the faithful those who have not reached that degree.
God commands such trust but does not give it to all at the same time or measure; weak unfeigned faith without that persuasion remains saving.
His definition describes faith's complete perfect stature — not the bare essence without which faith cannot exist (as Ames and Perkins noted).
Latin
CXXV. Quin ipse Petrus Molinaeus pater, in Thesibus illis ubi fidem definit per assensum adhibitum promissionibus Evangelii, quo fidelis non tantum credit eas esse veras, sed etiam ad se peculiariter pertinere, observat tamen se non albo fidelium expungere quotquot hunc fidei gradum nondum sunt assecuti, & fiduciam illam a Deo quidem juberi, sed non dari omnibus fidelibus eodem tempore, vel mensura: & dari fidem infirmam, nec tamen simulatam, quae certa ejusmodi persuasione adhuc destituitur; & quae non propterea definit esse salutaris. Ex quibus patet virum illum celeberrimum, dum fidem definit per assensum quo quis credit promissiones Evangelii, non tantum esse veras, sed etiam ad se peculiariter pertinere; per id significatum velle qualis fides esse debeat, secundum esse suum completum & perfectum, & ita ut nullus actuum, quos producere apta nata est, illi desit: non vero definire quid ad fidei essentiam necessario requiratur, ita ut sine eo consistere non possit; juxta illud quod superius fuit ex Amesio & Perkinsio notatum.
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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