Temporary faith often looks like rooted justifying faith until the wedding garment tells them apart
2. Faith that lasts only for a time (πρὸς καιρὸν) often wears almost the same face as faith that has root (ῥίζαν ἔχει) — the faith that truly justifies. Outward profession alone rarely shows who is unregenerate and who is regenerate.
The festive wedding garment (γαμική) required in Matthew 22:11, taken in the saying's closing turn, is not cloth on the body. It is the inward dress of faith, love, and repentance, when a person puts on Christ (Romans 13:14).
Still, sure marks do separate the two faiths and the two states — unregenerate from regenerate: Matthew 13; Romans 7; Galatians 5; and the rest.
Latin
2. Fidem quae est πρὸς καιρὸν seu temporariam saepe simillimam esse fidei quae ῥίζαν ἔχει, seu fidei vere justificanti; quemadmodum externa professione vix dignoscitur saepe Irregenitus a Regenito: Certe vestis illa nuptialis festa, γαμική requisita Matth. XXII. 11. in apodosi, non vestis externa, sed interna fidei, charitatis, resipiscentiae, quum induitur Christus Rom. XIII. 14. Certi licet sint characteres, quibus utraque fides, & status Irregeniti hominis a Regeniti illo, distinguitur; Matth. XIII. Rom. VII. Gal. V. &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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