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A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §28

Part I Protheoria: Ulterius confirmatur — Augustana not Remonstrant; no Socinian commerce

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From which things it is plain how no necessity binds together the Theologians of the Augsburg Confession with the Remonstrants, and how the men of Dordrecht had nothing to do with brethren of that sort, while these latter barred recocted Pelagianism together with us. It is also plain how ready it would be for Lutherans in the common sense to conspire fraternally with the Reformed, if from the pulpit — dropping quarrels, and dropping also unjust delations before Princes and Magistrates — those men would keep within bounds. Add that dissent in the cause of Predestination gave no cause to the Schism, nor was there contention with Luther on that matter, from what has just been said. And above all, the Brethren of the Augsburg Society have no commerce with the Socinians, as today's Remonstrants do from the history above, from page 242.

So likewise among those called Lutherans there is no palliation of Fundamental errors, nor excuse, nor diminution, in the Heads concerning the Holy Trinity, the eternal Divinity and Generation of the Son, the adoration of the Holy Spirit, Original Sin, the Satisfaction of Christ, Justification by faith alone, and so on.

Latin

Ex quibus planum fit, quam nulla inter se necessitate colligentur Augustanae Confessionis Theologi cum Remonstrantibus, & quam nihil Dordracenis negotii fuerit cum hujusmodi Fratribus, dum recoctum hi Pelagianismum nobiscum arcerent. Planum etiam, quam proclive foret fraterne conspirare Lutheranos vulgo cum Reformatis, si pro suggestu, missis litigiis, missis etiam apud Principes & Magistratus iniquis delationibus, istos intra terminos consisterent. Accedit, dissensum in causa Praedestinationis nullam dedisse causam Schismati, nec ea de re contentionem cum Luthero fuisse, ex modo dictis. Cumprimis vero nullum cum Socinianis commercium est Fratribus Augustanae Societatis, uti est hodiernis Remonstrantibus ex superiore historia, a pag. 242. Sic nulla apud Lutheranos, qui dicuntur, Fundamentalium palliatio errorum, vel excusatio, aut imminutio, in Capitibus de S. Trinitate, aeterna Divinitate & Generatione Filii, adoratione Spiritus S. Peccato Originis, Satisfactione Christi, Justificatione per fidem solam, &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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