Theological Theses · §1326 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Second damage: mortal falls block remitted peace and Spirit-gifts; lighter faults do not

Atrocious falls bind God’s goodwill: while they last, remission-sense, conscience-peace, and Spirit-gifts are blocked.

Daily lighter faults leave ordinary saving testimonies flowing—though even they deserve unworthiness by nature.

Latin

XLIX. Deinde quum renati vitio suo in atrocia peccata labuntur, tunc benevolentia Dei erga ipsos ita ligata & impedita est, per obicem quem eorum peccata illi ponunt, ut non possit, hoc statu durante, in eos referre remissionem peccatorum, aut pacem & gaudium conscientiae, & similia Spiritus Sancti dona. Nihil tale vero sequitur ex levioribus & quotidianis fidelium peccatis, quae non obstant quominus Deus semper promptus & paratus maneat ad conferendum in eos solita atque ordinaria gratiae suae salutaris effecta & testimonia; nimirum fiduciam remissionis peccatorum, pacem con-scientiae, & laetitiam spiritualem: quamvis peccata etiam levissima, ex se & sua natura, nos reddant incapaces & indignos gratiae divinae donis.

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Louis Le Blanc, a Reformed professor at Sedan, sets out theology in theses argued against Rome: Scripture, faith, grace, free choice, good works and the saints.

This volume holds the Theses on Theology I–XLIII and On Faith I–XXII, in eighteen sections.

Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu (1614–1675) was minister and professor of theology at the Academy of Sedan, the Reformed school on France's eastern border. His Theses were disputed by students over many years and collected in a London folio (1675).

The Theological Theses range across the whole Reformed system — Scripture, God, predestination, grace, and justifying faith — in the crisp thesis-and-proof form of the seventeenth-century schools.

Date1675 AD (Sedan theses; London collection)

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Reference

ESTC R17887; Wing L802. IA bub_gb_eOkHAW4G0-wC (+ EEBO 1675 for gap leaves).

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