A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §727

Annotatio VI §.VI close: Concord = sacrament/exhibition not res/reception — stop before §.VII

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Reply: after the older Fathers, the Reformed distinguished sacrament vs Thing, exhibition vs reception — and gave the unworthy the former, not the latter.

Concord itself: the unworthy truly receive the SACRAMENT unto judgment when they abuse it without repentance and faith; the institution testifies grace to true penitents. Helvetian declaration (and Luther’s approval) confirms. Stop §.VI before §.VII.

Latin

Respond. Reformatos, ad mentem Patrum Ecclesiæ antiquiorum, inter Sacramentum, & rem Sacramenti, item, Exhibitionem, & Receptionem, distinxisse, & prioris, non posterioris Manducationem veram & Receptionem Indignis addixisse. Ita enim verba Concordiæ habent: Sicut Paulus dicit, etiam Indignos SACRAMENTUM manducare, ita sentiunt etiam Concordiam ineuntes, indignis verè exhiberi Corpus & Sanguinem Christi & indignos VERE ACCIPERE, cùm institutio & MANDATUM (etiam de explorando se ipso) Christi Domini servantur. Sed tales accipiunt ad judicium, sicut Paulus inquit, quia abutuntur SACRAMENTO, cùm sine vera pœnitentia & fide accipiant. Ideo enim institutum est, ut testetur, Gratiam & beneficia Christi sumentibus applicari & verè Corpori Christi inserí & sanguine ejus ablui eos, qui pœnitentiam verè agunt & fide in Christum se consolantur. Confirmat idem declaratio Helvetiorum, etiam Crocio recensita, cit. loc. pag. 110. & Luthero approbata: ibid. p. 111.

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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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