A Candid Inquiry into the Controversies among Evangelicals · §688

Annotatio VI §.I: Indigni absolute — habitual impious/hypocrites (Phil. 3:19)

Unworthy eaters come in two kinds. First: unworthy absolutely, toward whole Christianity — not living worthily of the call from darkness into the Gospel’s light.

Paul describes them with tears (Phil. 3:19): enemies of the cross, belly their god, honor ending in shame — in a word, habitual impious and hypocrites mixed among true Christians.

Latin

Sunt autem Indigni Manducantes duplicis generis, VEL INDIGNI ABSOLUTE & respectu totius Christianismi, qui non dignè vivunt Vocatione suâ, quâ vocati à tenebris ad mirabilem Evangelii lucem sunt, ab Apostolo eodem, sub lacrymarum effusione, notanter hôc modo descripti, quòd sunt inimici crucis Christi, quorum exitus est perditio, quorum Venter Deus eorum, quorum honor in turpitudinem definit, eorum qui carnaliter animati sunt, Phil. 3, 19., Verbo uno, impii omnes & hypocritæ, puta habitualiter tales, veris interim in Ecclesia Christianis permixti.

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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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