Theological Theses · §1354 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Heavier vs lighter sins need different repentance—special contrition vs general humble confession

Daily lighter faults versus works of the flesh that cannot coexist with true holiness—two modes of repentance.of repentance.of repentance.

Heavier: special contrition; lighter: humble general confession of corruption (Ps 19).

Latin

IX. Non abs re autem hic fuerit observare, quemadmodum sunt quaedam peccata leviora, quibus ipsi fideles & justi nunquam in totum in hac vita carent, alia vero graviora, quae Apostolus vocat opera carnis, & quae cum vera justitia & sanctitate compati non possunt; ita quoque diversam esse rationem poenitentiae, quae ad horum, & illorum remissionem requiritur. Nam ad peccatorum istorum graviorum remissionem impetrandam, opus est speciali quoque dolore seu contritione: At pro peccatis illis levioribus, & quae Theologi vocant quotidianae incursiones, acceptatur a Deo generalis, sed humilis & seria corruptionis nostrae agnitio, adjunctam habens generalem illam deprecationem, qua utitur Propheta, Psalm. 19. Ab occultis munda me Domine. Quia delicta illa leviora multo maxima ex parte scientiam nostram fugiunt.

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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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