Theological Theses · §644 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Feeling God's finger in the word's work confirms it is divine

Word cannot so work without men feeling God's finger in themselves.

They own a divine efficacy moving the mind within.

That felt force becomes a new argument: this word is truly divine.

Paul to Thessalonica: received as God's word, which works in you who believed (1 Thess 2:13).

Latin

XLVI. Ista vero Dei verbum in hominum animis operari non potest, quin ipsi digitum Dei in se sentiant, & agnoscant divinam quandam efficaciam, quae intus eorum animos miris & variis modis commovet & afficit. Nec possunt mentem eo referre, quin inde valide in fide confirmentur, & novo quodam argumento colligant vere divinum esse verbum illud cujus tam divinam vim & energiam in se persentiunt. Quo spectat Apostolus dum gratulatur Thessalonicensibus quod verbum auditus Dei accepissent, non ut verbum hominum, sed sicut vere est, ut verbum Dei, quod & (inquit) operatur in vobis qui credidistis, 1 Thess. 2.13.

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