A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §234

Annotatio III §.VII (2b): Remaining controversies — not for pulpits, or only with utmost modesty; schools and academies likewise without persecution or personal naming (Autor p. 330)

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and lest either side next tear or damn the other for some leftover dissent, they judged it wise and agreed:

remaining controversies should not be handled from church pulpits — or if necessity plainly forced it, only with utmost modesty, naming no dissenters, using no harsh words, forging no consequences, declaring truth from Scripture alone;

and in schools and academies likewise with great moderation, without persecution, personal attacks, or name-pointing (Autor p. 330).

Latin

& ne pars altera deinceps propter dissensum aliqualem, alteram, vel convitiis proscinderet, vel damnaret, consultum putaverit conveneritque, Controversias, quae adhuc superessent, aut non tractandas fore in Ecclesiis pro Concione, aut certè summâ cum modestia, si Necessitas planè exigeret, Dissentientium nulla mentione, nulla Verborum asperitate, nullis Consequentis affictis, sola veritatis ex Scriptura declaratione; In Scholis verò & Academiis magna pariter cum moderatione citra insectationem, citra Personalia, aut nominum indicia, quicquid reliqvum esset controversorum Capitum, tractaretur. Autor p. 330.

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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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