That path was extraordinary; ordinarily people teach while the Spirit teaches within

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But that was extraordinary. God did not see fit to use that path commonly when bringing people to faith and instructing them in heavenly teaching. He willed that people be taught by people and receive faith, yet with the Spirit himself teaching within and working with them.

So he instituted the sacred ministry in the Church and commanded pastors and teachers to announce, explain, and commend his Word publicly, and to bear witness to its truth. And what pastors do publicly and with authority, individual believers also are bound by divine ordinance to do privately, according to their measure, among those committed to their care.

Latin

XVII. Sed istud fuit extraordinarium. Neque Deo visum est hac via passim uti in hominibus ad fidem adducendis, et in doctrina caelesti instruendis. Sed voluit ut homines ab hominibus docerentur, et fidem acciperent, Spiritu tamen ipso intus docente et cooperante. Ideoque in Ecclesia ministerium sacrum instituit, jussitque ut pastores et doctores publice verbum ejus annunciarent, explicarent et commendarent, et de veritate illius testarentur. Quodque Pastores publice faciunt, et cum authoritate, singuli quoque fideles, ex ordinatione divina, tenentur id privatim pro suo modulo, facere apud eos qui curae illorum commissi sunt.

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

Copy-text Locked Latin, De Theologia I-XLIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
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Copy-text Locked Latin, De Fide I-XXII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
Copy-text Locked Latin, De Authoritate Scripturae Pars I I-XLVII + Pars II I-XXXV + Pars III I-VIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
Copy-text Locked Latin, De Scripturae plenitudine densify (Pitt 1675) (Latin)

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