A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §462

Annotatio III §.X (2) close: Daily Mass-‘miracles’ vs the senses; Tillotson; Melchior — credible only by Enthusiasm; stop before (3)

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Miracles should be rare, not rash, to convince the senses of what is hard to believe; the papistic Mass instead commands the same ‘miracle’ daily in countless places against the senses’ clearest contrary witness (Tillotson Sermons 3, pp. 364–365).

Melchior of Herborn ingeniously showed Transsubstantiation credible only by Enthusiasm (Opera Theol. 2, pp. 467–840).

Stop before (3) Praxis Christiana (first table / latria; cup withheld).

Latin

Cum enim miracula rarò admodum, non temerè nec alio fine, à Deo patrari credenda Christianis sint, quam ut per ea, ceu omnem creatam finitamque potentiam supergressa opera, sensibus humanis clarissimè exposita, de veritate ejus, quod creditu difficile, planè convincantur; Hic quidem, seu in Missa papistica, è contrario quotidie innumeris vicibus, in innumeris locis, eadem repeti atque recurrere miracula, contra luculentissima sensuum humanorum de contrario plenissimè convictorum testimonia, credenda imperantur. Confer. Tillots. Volum. 3. Concionum p. m. 364. & 365. Ut hoc nomine perquam ingeniose B. Joh. Melchioris, non ita pridem Doctor Theologus Herbornensis, Transsubstantiationem, non nisi per Enthusiasmum, credibilem demonstraverit, Operum Theol. part. 2. à p. m. 467. ad 840.

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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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