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A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §339

Annotatio I §.III close: Not all Institution words tropic from the Cup; yet sacramentals do not abhor impropriety — Disparatum as grave cause

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So Strimesius consents on two points: admitting Cup impropriety does not make every other Institution word tropical; and proper sense stays unless a grave cause blocks it.

(1) He does not infer from This cup is the New Testament that all Supper Institution words are improper — only that definitive sacramentals so little abhor impropriety that from all the rest (This is my body set aside for now) one may most probably infer these too are improper.

(2) That impropriety must be written onto This is my body as well, because the gravest cause blocks propriety: otherwise a Disparate would have to be predicated properly of a Disparate against nature and sound reason.

Latin

Ita vicissim me sibi duplici modo habuerit consentientem, tùm quod ex dictae propositionis (Hoc poculum est N. T. in sanguine meo) improprietate admissâ, non sequatur, omnia reliqua, ad S. Eucharistiae institutionem pertinentia verba, tropicè sumenda; tùm quòd proprius verborum sensus ubivis retinendus sit, nisi gravis obstet causa; dummodo praetereà observare haud gravetur Dominus Scultetus (1) me non ex propositione impropria hac: Hoc poculum est Novum Testamentum, inferre vel voluisse, vel etiamnum velle, omnia S. Coenae institutionis verba impropria esse, sed dicere duntaxat: Definitiva Sacramentalia adeo non abhorrere ab improprietate, ut ex omnium in universum (exceptis tantisper his solis; Hoc est corpus meum) improprietate, citra controversiam admittenda, probabilissimè saltem, & horum inferri queat improprietas. (2) Dictam modò improprietatem, postremis hisce necessariò transcribendam esse, quòd gravissima proprietati eorum causa obstet, quâ gravior dari nequit, ea scil. qua alioquin futurum est, ut Disparatum de Disparato, contra omnem hujus naturam sanamque hominum rationem, propriè praedicari dicendum fuerit.

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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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