A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §734

Annotatio VI §.VII close: that head confirms presence for faithful; invites repentance — before §.VIII

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That doctrine confirms real presence for faithful partakers; the unfaithful may eat the Lord’s bread and still remain without share.

It pulls men from carnal security, shows the pious the Father’s gift of vivifying flesh, denies it to the Impious as counterfeits, and invites true repentance and frequent worthy approach. Stop §.VII before §.VIII.

Latin

Veram realémque præsentiam corporis & sanguinis Christi in S. Cœna, istam scilicet confirmat, cujus Fideles manducando redduntur participes, Infideles, panem licèt Domini manducantes, expertes tamen manent; à securitate etiam Carnali homines retrahit, ne sibi imaginentur, se Christi corporis participes fieri posse, in spurcissimis utut peccatis volutati; de Charitatis divinæ erga se abundantia convincit pios, quâ illis filii sui carnem vivificantem, in pignus paterni amoris, impertit, impiis, ceu supposititiis, eâdem jure meritóque denegatâ; Denique ad veram seriamque pœnitentiam, sicque ad usum Cœnæ frequentiorem invitat, utpote citra quam pœnitentiam, nulla carnis Christi vivificantis participatio speranda est — obtinenda autem tantò copiosius, quantò frequentiùs verâ pœnitentiâ & fide instructus quispiam, S. Domini Cœnam accedit.

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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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