Theological Theses · §1190

As faith grows or weakens, so the sense of God’s favor and our standing in grace strengthens or fades

Assurance tracks faith’s vigor: as faith grows, confidence of divine favor strengthens; as faith flags, assurance softens.

Latin

XXX. Caeterum, prout fides, vel major, vel minor est; vividior sive languidior: ita quoque sui sensum majorem, vel minorem, acriorem, vel remissiorem animis nostris ingignit. Unde est quod crescente & augescente fide, fiducia illa de Dei erga nos amore & favore, & nostra apud Deum gratia atque justitia, eadem proportione roboratur atque invalescit; & ex adverso minuitur, atque debilitatur, qua ratione fides decrescit atque remittitur.

About this text

Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu, Sedan Theses, newly rendered from Latin: from theology proper through the Roman theses I–77 and the Reformed theses of Part Two. The theses only — not the collected works.

English follows locked Pitt Latin through Imaginum CLOSED + Sanctorum Cultu Romana CLOSED + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL. 1675 PDF ~384-390 (book ~370-376); Vision OCR + pdftotext + tess. No modern English. This slice densifies Sanctorum Pars Secunda I-XL. Next: Pars Secunda XLI–fin (~CI). Claim stays claimed (book densify not done).

Catalogue & scope

ESTC R17887; Wing L802. IA bub_gb_eOkHAW4G0-wC (+ EEBO 1675 for gap leaves). Densify through Sanctorum Cultu Romana I-LXXVII + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL (Pars Secunda not closed; not whole folio).

Witnesses

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