Why some restrict, others extend praedestinatio — creation not under mercy-end
Why should praedestinatio be restricted rather than extended? How many the providence-acts that relate to the mercy-end in election.
Agreed: acts/effects that of themselves show mercy or justice in salvation/punishment belong under election/reprobation.
Disputed: whether creation’s end is that mercy/justice end.
Extenders: create-man decree enters praedestinatio; restrictors (Le Blanc, more probable): it does not.
Creation → power, goodness, wisdom — not directly mercy/justice manifestation.
Latin
XXXVII. Quod si quis ulterius quaerat, unde sit ut Theologi alii sic restringant, alii vero sic extendant praedestinationis vocem? Respondeo hoc inde esse quod alii plures, alii pauciores divinae providentiae actus atque effectus referunt ad finem a Deo intentum in quorundam hominum praedestinatione, qui est illustratio misericordiae divinae in eorum salute. In hoc enim Theologi consentire videntur, quod ad praedestinationem & reprobationem hominum revocandi sunt omnes providentiae Dei actus atque effectus, qui ad manifestationem tum misericordiae, tum justitiae divinae in certorum hominum vel aeterna salute, vel justa punitione per se referuntur. Finem autem illum a Deo intentum in hominis creatione, alii negant, alii affirmant. Juxta hos posteriores aeternum Dei decretum de homine condendo praedestinationis decretum ingreditur, & partem illius facit, minime vero, secundum priorum sententiam, ad quam accedimus ut probabilorem. Quippe hominis creatio per se & directe referri non videtur ad misericordiae vel justitiae divinae manifestationem, sed potius ad illustrationem potentiae, bonitatis, & sapientiae divinae.
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)
- Checked print Internet Archive PDF of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- Checked print pdftotext of De Theologia pages (Latin)
- Checked print Internet Archive DjVu OCR of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- 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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