A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §160

§.XIII: Reformed not self-hostile — Neostadian note that AC is not Scripture; Calovius unfair

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Nor are the Reformed here their own enemies when, with the Neustadt theologians (Cap. IV from p. 143) on the Augsburg Confession, they note against those who nearly equate it with Holy Scripture — which Calovius unfairly, and only by insult, reads as "Calvinian insults" (Crit. Sacr. p. 68).

They note that it was written not many years after the Reformation began, when not everything could suddenly be seen through and explained, and so on.

Latin

Neque hîc sibi ipsis infesti sunt Reformati, quando cum Neostadianis Theologis Cap. IV. à pag. 143. de Augustana Confessione, contra hos, qui eam, tantum non Sacrae Scripturae aequiparatum eunt, annotant (id quod Calovius, iniquè profectò & non nisi per convitium, Calviniana convitia interpretatur, Crit. Sacr. pag. 68.) Esse eam scriptam annis non ita multis post Reformationis initium, in quo non tam subitò potuerunt omnia perspici & explicari &c. &c.

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Samuel Strimesius — Prefatio through Controversiae Post Lutherum Controv. III-XIII + XV Tolerantia, Hexades Annotationum Prooemium and Annotatio I through Decem Theses / Francus plus Annotatio II §.I-§.VI and Annotatio III §.I–§.VII (through Cassellanum 1661) from Ingenua in Controversias Evangelicorum (Frankfurt an der Oder, 1708). Honest partial; Prefatio silence reasons, Annotatio III §.VIII+ fruits / §.IX+, Hexades theses body, deeper Controversiae / Part II remain.

English follows the locked 1708 Francofurti ad Viadrum Latin of Prefatio §I–II, Crimina defenses through III, Part I Protheoria through Controversiae Obices/Historia/Varii gradus, Formula Discord/Disparitas, Ulterius confirmatur / Classes / Formula protest / triplex differentia, Coena Domini Controversiae Priores through Precariae Hypotheses (Controv. print pp. 34–40), Controversiae Post Lutherum Natae Controv. III–XV tip (providence through De Tolerantia mutua; Controv. print pp. 40–78), Hexades Annotationum Prooemium H.I–§.III (Hexades print pp. 1–4 / PDF ~182–185), and Annotatio I De Augustana Confessione §.I–§.VIII tip (Hexades print pp. 5–24+ / PDF ~186–205+), reconstructed from Google Books PDF page images (ONB copy, id 3epYAAAAcAAJ) with pdftotext as check. No modern English was copied. Sister Halle digitization of Ingenua in Arminianismum (DOI 10.25673/65287) remains Anubis-blocked — skipped; Controversias only. Prefatio silence reasons, Annotatio I §.IX+, Hexades theses body beyond §.VIII, and remainder of Controversiae / folio remain.

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