A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §650

Annotatio V §.IV: Author’s three charges — doubt Institution; deny presence; erase sacramental vs spiritual

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The Author first tries to break Strimesius’s claim that denying Oral (absolute or as to the unworthy) does not wound faith’s foundation — even if Oral were nearer the Spirit’s mind.

Three charges (§. XI): (1) to doubt Oral is to doubt clear Institution words and make Christ a liar; (2) denying Oral denies true substantial presence; (3) it denies sacramental eating and erases spiritual/sacramental distinction.

Latin

Itaque mea prius enervaturus Autor, quibus perhibueram, Negationem Oralis Manducationis Corporis Christi, tam absolutam, quàm ad indignos relatam, haud lædere fundamentum fidei, etiamsi à verô aberrare, & affirmatio opposita, Spiritûs S. menti vicinior esse, concedatur; dicit (1) Non exigui momenti rem esse, Doctrinam in Scriptura clare & perspicuè propositam, vocare in dubium & fidem verbis Christi detrahere, de toto sympeplegmenô pronunciantis: Edite, bibite, hoc est Corpus meum. (2) Eum qui negat Oralem Corporis Christi Manducationem, etiam negare veram & Substantialem præsentiam ejusdem in Cœna. (3) Eundem negare Manducationem Sacramentalem, nec ullum inter Manducationem Spiritualem & Sacramentalem discrimen reliquum facere §. XI.

About this text

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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