A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §547

Annotatio IV §.XII open: Eighth century — Mejerus age of wrath; images and Eucharistic mutation

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§.XII: the EIGHTH age — with the Seventh, Mejerus’s age of divine wrath — is infamous for defending images in temples and for mutating Eucharistic truth into falsehood.

Bread and wine into Body and Blood, each propped on false reason and human wisdom, plus many mortal inventions in doctrine and rites (Spanheim, Hist. Imag.).

Latin

§. XII. Ceterum OCTAVUM SECULUM, quod unà cum Septimo, divinæ iræ Seculum rectissimè appellitat prædictus Mejerus, initio Sectionis suæ nonæ p. 177, Uti Imaginum in templis & oratoriis sacris defensione, ita & veritatis Eucharisticæ in falsitatem, id est, panis & vini, in Corporis & Sanguinis Christi, immutatione, utrâque argumentis rationi falsæ & Sapientiæ humanæ unicè debitis, innixâ, quin multis præterea, tam in Doctrina, quàm in ritibus, sapientium sibi visorum mortalium inventis commentisque, famosum est (Quo de videatur Spanhemius noster, Hist. Imag. Sect. I. §. XI. p. 33.)

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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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