A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §718

Annotatio VI §.V (2a): Impious resist grace-increase — Oblation offered, Reception blocked

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(2a) From Impious eaters’ nature: they maliciously resist, so they are incapable of — and unworthy of — the increase of preventing grace placed in Christ’s vivifying body.

Do not split Reception vs Retention to give Impious reception. Better (as Lutherans elsewhere): Oblation reaches them by grace; Reception does not — the same obstinate malice that blocks retention blocks reception.

Latin

(2) Ex natura Manducantium Impiorum, quia (a) sunt malitiosè repugnantes, Ergo Augmenti gratiæ divinæ prævenientis (quale augmentum in corpore Christi spiritualiter vivificante reponendum est) omnino ut incapaces, ita eodem indigni. Excipis, distinguendo inter Receptionem, & Retentionem carnis Christi; prius concedendum esse Impiis, non verò posterius. Respond. Rectius distingui hîc (ut aliàs Lutherani solent) inter Oblationem & Receptionem, quarum prior quidem competit in Impios per Gratiam Christi; posterior non item, ob malitiam eorum obstinatam, quæ ipsa quia Retentionem carnis Christi impedit sola, etiam pari ratione Receptionem ejusdem; Alias causa nulla esset, quare, obstante licèt Communicantis malitia, retineri tamen caro Christi non posset æquè, atque, obstante licet ejusdem malitia, recipi atque manducari.

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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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