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m ISPU TATIO THEOLO / CA<br />
Pro VL Articulo Lib. ConcordiarJ<br />
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<strong>TERTIO</strong> <strong>LEGIS</strong><br />
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D E O Opt. Max» Benedicento><br />
GE O R G I O % ALANO;<br />
In Regia Academia Aboenfi S. S. Thcologias<br />
Professojle Ordinario»<br />
Publico Extiminifubmittit<br />
ERICUS Abrahami §emmm<br />
NYLAN D U S.<br />
,j Addicm M*jiy Anni i/fi. Hork Mttu*<br />
tints Conjvcttr,<br />
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Rtvtrcndisy Clariftimps >Prudcntifimps ttc<br />
Prdfldittijjimi V I R ISt<br />
DN.SVENONI TOR-<br />
- CHI LLl,Ecclefia!^efoenfis<br />
Paftori digniffimo» cjufdeq;<br />
Contra&us Prajpofito meri*<br />
tiff: Fautori eolendiflimo»<br />
PN.NICOLAO LIND.<br />
ORMLScholsHelfingfor<br />
feniis Retftori laboriofifli*<br />
- mo, utPraeceptoriquondam<br />
fidelifllmo, ita nunc Prorao»<br />
toriccrtiftimo, arternumdevenerando.<br />
DN. M. MATTHIjE<br />
R OTHOVlO,cjufdem<br />
Scholae Conßefloriattcntifi<br />
fimo» itidcm Prarccptori p.j<br />
lim per quam fideii atatero<br />
feonorando*<br />
DN. FRANCISCO<br />
&o%tißcm/ NcoHelfingforfenfis<br />
Civitatis Confuii<br />
Prudcntifiiroo.fautori pluri*<br />
rouro fufpicicndo,<br />
DN. M. HAQJJINO<br />
JAVELINO, Civitatis<br />
Wiburgenfis Secrctariofcde-<br />
liflimo, Praxeptori non ita<br />
pridem omni honoris cultu<br />
profcqucndo, AffiniChari£<br />
fimo,<br />
DN. OLAO PETRI<br />
&uref/Verbi Bivini ioßpt*<br />
tioflat Commmiftro impi*<br />
gcrrimo, Fauton 5c amico<br />
certiffimo.<br />
Dilputationem hanc Theologi#<br />
cam in debitae gratitudinis tbfidem, memorif
D. O. M. A.<br />
DISPUT. SUPER fi ARTIC:<br />
LlB R I CONCORDIjE<br />
LEGE ET EVANGELIO<br />
Ihefis I.<br />
DUo cflc primaria doftrin^ coelefHs capita*<br />
quseomnibusmunditemporibusjundtim in Ecclefia<br />
fonuerc; Lcgem fcilicet & £vangelium>omnibus»<br />
«jui faltern per tranfennarn ftudia afpexcrunt Theolo*<br />
gica,conftare nullumcft dubium...<br />
11. Sienimmente reputemus ca, quje in Sacra Scri,»<br />
ptura habcntur,nihil tarhin apricopofitum, quam Legis<br />
& Evangelijdodrinxconjundtionem, deprehendemus<br />
idq;nonfoluminVeterij verum ctiam in Novo Teftamento.<br />
111. Confidcrcmus quxfo, concionem primam Evangelicam,<br />
poft horrendum & triftiffimum lapfum,<br />
peripfumfiliumDeiin paraditb habitarn Gen. 3. v. 1/.<br />
Inimicitiampono intcrte & mulierembanc,fimilitcr£interfemen<br />
tuum&fcmen hujm; Hoc conteret<br />
tilii caput, tu autern contcres huic Cakaneum-..<br />
Adjungamusillireliquasgratiseeonciones, totiesde feniincbenedi&ocjusqjbeneficijsrepctitas<br />
promiflioncs,<br />
Sacrificia varia»Chriftipro noftris peccatis Sacriticium<br />
Expiatorium adumbrantia, Evangclicas numero pfurfr<br />
mas conciones inveniemus. NccLcgis voccm rarius<br />
A X<br />
audio
"udicmasifi cum Mofe montem» e& legern<br />
mdc promulgantcm Deurii audivcfimus> imofl<br />
Mofis, H prophctarum omnia lcripta intucri voluc«<br />
rimusr*.<br />
IV. Progfediamurparrd adNoviTeftamenti tempora,<br />
ponderemus conciones Baptiftar> norinelcgisdo*<br />
&rmami!lcurgetjubens^<br />
tatorum^mole oneratosadje vocare, MatM/. tS.Adnuptias<br />
cmnetinvttare Matt» 22. v.3- & s.OmniaparataefJeaffirma-.<br />
re, Lucf 14.V. ij. Neminem adfe venienttm repulfampajfu*<br />
rum, fed tmnet receptum iri ajjeverare, Joh. 6. v. 3*%<br />
Sicut Mofes exaltavitferpentcmin deferto tita exaltari<br />
oporterefiliumhominis, vt omnus eredensin ipfum<br />
non pereat,fed habeat vitam Aternam, Joh. 3. v.<br />
14. If*<br />
VI. Apoftoli praeccptoris ac Magiftri fui excmplu<br />
fcquuntur,dum varia prxccpta vitae & mortim Chriftia*<br />
nortimex legC praefcribunt» fugarn vitiorum indidem<br />
fvadentes; Necnon ex Evangeliodulcesconfolationcs<br />
promentcS. Quodfaci t Paulus inquiens: certtu efi hicfer*<br />
mo>($ dignm modpsomnibut^uirecipiaturtCbrifiid<br />
Jefum veniffein mundum» vt pcccatorcs Jervarct,<br />
quorum
fttorum primn* Jum v. if. Quid<br />
quodcommUriicalculo pronunciant Apoftcli: ter gret*<br />
tiam Vornini lefuChri/li credimttt nosfahari, quemadmodum<br />
tsillt di't patresnoftri A£t. ij. v. u.<br />
VII. Etfi auterri hoc a mundi Exordio fa &ad<br />
noviftimumusq;diemfedul6fieridebeat, tantaq; utriusqjdodtrinse<br />
convenientia (it>utin quotidiana praxi vit«<br />
vcfeChriftianx apudfideles mutuas tradant cpcras,<br />
&vel ideo inScripturis Propheticis& Apoftolicis nomina<br />
interdum fortiantur communia, vt viderc eft fcfa. 2. v.j,<br />
Mich. 4) v. 2. De Sion egredietur lex ($ verbum<br />
Domini de Jerufalem. Rom.
ifif. DtmJe pfddeft eadiftin^io^Jxrfr liS&tfiv.<br />
Nifienimdo&rinaEvangelij alcge accuratis limitibus<br />
fcccrnatur articuloluftificatioisfua no conftabit integriii<br />
tas. Et q.)«aiia lux difcuflit dcnfiflimas tenebras xet<br />
gnipontificij,nifihocdifcrimsnlegis&Evangelij, MeritumquippeChriftieo<br />
confpeadconfolationcm. Nam nifi hoc difcrimcn icCti<br />
traderetur, confcientijs pertubatis dulciflima confblatio<br />
quamin Evangelio Chrifti) fincerd pcaedicato habcnt,<br />
quactiam fcin graviffimistentationibus contra legis tcr*<br />
rorcs fuftentant» prorfus criperctur. Hac vcro diftinftioncobfervata>perfpc&quorfum Evangelium<br />
Cbriftusc finupatrisprotulerit> quarc& facilius eritDia.*<br />
boli tcrroribus occurrerc,& in Cbriftofcfe erigerc-».<br />
XI. Neq;tamen hsc lcgis Evangelijq;inarticulo<br />
luftificationis diftin£tio>hoftiTem quandam contrarictatcm&capitalem<br />
pugnam infert, necuniusaflcrtio>altcriuscftdcftruiftioJtautEvangelijvocc<br />
in Ecclefia fonantc&locun?obtincntc>planefiicrclegcm<br />
oporteao.<br />
Abfitenimlegern nos perftdem deftruere, quamflabilimut.<br />
Rom. 3. r* ult. Numlexefl adverfmpromiffa Dci / ebfih<br />
adGal, 3. v. 21.<br />
XII. Ut igitur lcgis & Evangelij difcrimen probe<br />
obfcrvctur contra lohannemAgricolamIflcbiumcjusq;<br />
ftitatores legern eu Evangelio confondentes,Libcr C6-<br />
«ordijearticuloquintopugoat, quaprens"*: An EvangeliumpropYtifhtantummodo<br />
concio degratia Dei,qutt<br />
remifioncm peccatorum ncbti atmunckt: An verb<br />
«tiiin
etUmptcottciopotnitcnthargmnspectatum 'wcredu*<br />
litatijfiauippe audtmnpcrlegem-,(ed Bvangelium dun*<br />
iaxaiarguaturf<br />
XIII. Antequamautem ad hanc qutrftionem refpondeamus,Homonymiamfubjc&i&<br />
pra_-dicati videbimu.«;<br />
quaExpofitanoftramfententiam S. Scripturz tc*<br />
ftimonijs demonftrabimus>difcriminalegis & Evangcfij<br />
annotabimus> & deniq; catera, qux in hoc codcm afticuloin<br />
in F. C. occurrunt,obiterdelibabimus.<br />
XlV* YoxivayysXwv triplicitef apud Grarcos<br />
Scriptores accepta reperitur i.Pro fiujta i ei boncuimeoportcbat dare praemia-,.<br />
XV» Frster has autem>duas inprimis>notatu dignas<br />
Evangclij figuificatwacs, Sacrae Ltterse luppcditano»<br />
Ac^
Accipiturehim /♦ Generaliteric qm(\. 'Shte&s pro tot©<br />
libro& volumine vitx,"a
apotic-ri ixfa vldelicc^divin:-. grifl.r sm-urnciatioue,fiat<br />
dcnominatip. Quod fiigHfrr igxix^je hpc fignificutu<br />
Evangefiii concionetn panHentia: quis dicere vclif >iane<br />
nonrepugnamus. Quopa&oLuth Diip. 30. Contra<br />
Antinomos ait: Chhftus paflim perEvangeliumarguit,<br />
increpat, minatur, ttrret, & fimiiia iegis cft:c;a_><br />
excrcetA* HoC fenfu ptfgm inquit Formula Concordise:<br />
Credimus> docemut,($ confitcmatr, recicdki(fj do~<br />
ceri» Evangelittm effeconcioncm depotnitentia ($remifiionepeccatorunn<br />
Spitom.p. m* 576.<br />
XVIII. Deinde furnitur vox h Efa.f2. 7.ff>uamdecentcsfitntfuperif}osmoniespedes<br />
Evangelizantps-, pronuneiantps pacern, B-<br />
cnicns Evangelitzavit vobis paccm.<br />
Vocatut ctiam Evangeliumfalutvs nofirte,<br />
Epb:t>v. 23: PotentiaDctadfalukm> Rom.i«v. 16.<br />
£vangeliumgratUDei> A&> 20, 24. Svangelium<br />
gloriabcati D«,i.Tim. 1. v. luEvangcliurtgniDeh<br />
Mar. 1. v. /4. Vocat enim nos adregnum gratiae, Exhi.<br />
betbonaejusregni; &transfcrtinregnumgforiae.Evan<br />
B gelium
gdiumgaudijmagni L. z. v. to. Scee SvangeTtu vt»<br />
biifauAium 'mnfnwn, quodfuturumeftomnipopulo.<br />
XX.<br />
Hinc igitur non minusdodte, quamrecte Li-<br />
berConcordia; Antinomicum iftud repudiat-v Evangeliumpropria<br />
acftritlafigmficationc diciconchne m<br />
potnitentUj idq; facic hia verbis: QuandoLex<br />
&£vaogelion,fkut&!pfeA4ofcs,utdoctoriegis,&Chriitus<br />
utdoitor Evangffij interfeconfcruntur: Crcdimus<br />
do:emusstconfitemur, quod Evangelion non lit conciopoenitentia^argu^nspeecata.*<br />
Sed quod proprie nihi!<br />
aliud fit.quam lajtillimus quidam nuncius, &concio<br />
plcna confblationis, nonarguens,autterrens; quando*<br />
quidem confcientias contra terrores legis (blatur, easqj<br />
inmcritum foliusChriftirefpicereJubet, 6c dulciflima<br />
pracdicatione, dcgratia & favore Deipermcritum Chri*<br />
fti impetnto rurfus erigio.<br />
XXI. Deinde in vocabulo panitentitt ctiam latct<br />
i/ntrvftict. Interdumenimfurnitur pegixus proprioriparteconverfionis,<br />
quarcft vera peccatorum agnitio<br />
& fcrius dolor de maicfatftis. Übi notanda Re2ula_,:<br />
£)uandopotnitcntU adjungiturfides velremifltopeccatorum,<br />
turn acctpitur pro fola contritione* Sie<br />
Marc. i* v. Is, dicitur: potmteniiamagite(s crediteBvangelio.<br />
K€i. 20. 21. Hebr* l. v.i.EtLuc.<br />
£4*v»47. Oportetprxdicariin nomine Chrifiipoenu<br />
tentiam (£remiflionem peccatorum^.<br />
XXII. Interdum vero ha:c vox accipitur bXtxCs,,<br />
prototahominisadDeumconverfione,
Item? P&ni/ekfia!gra£itej. apprvpbf & quid proprie nomine Legis, &<br />
quidproprie nomine Evangclif,prout !egi con tradiftingvitur<br />
& opponitur, intelligi debeat» & qua:propria fit<br />
utriusq; natura^.<br />
XXV. EftigiturLex, vt definit Formula Cencorditt,<br />
proprie doctrinadivinitus revelata, qua- docct, quid juftum>Deoq;<br />
gratum fit; qua:ctiam quicquid peccatum<br />
eft,& voluntati divins adverfatur, redarguit. Propri,<br />
umigiturlcgis o_ffkiumeftoftcndere>accufare & dam*<br />
narc peccatum, Quare» quicquidextatin Sacru Literu,<br />
quodpecccataarguittiram Dci (spoenas denunciat,<br />
confcientias terret, adkgempertinet, Juxta RegulamabeatoLutheropaftimtradifam.<br />
Etquiaincredu-<br />
Btas cft non modo peccatum graviftimum» vetumctiam<br />
B 3<br />
radix
Radix & fonsomnfuai oeccaforum, qure arjuenda &r&«<br />
prchendenda funt, Lex D E I etiam ki^rcdjiitatem<br />
arguiu.<br />
XXYL Evangelium veropropriceftdo&rina.quae<br />
docet, quid iiorno credere debeat, qui Legi Dci noniatiifecit,<br />
6c ldcircd per eandcm reui aternce damnationis<br />
pro.uinciatur. Docet. quod mi;ernmusi le peccator»<br />
utadditdec araticqui iri Dci.morti, omnibus temporalibus<br />
srumnis & artern.igehennsincendioobnoxitueft,<br />
vt remiftibriem pecatorumapudDeumobtineat,<br />
C R E D E R E debeat, hliumDci, Do T.inum noftrum<br />
Jefum Chriitum in fiefe fufcepifie maledi&ionem<br />
Legis ferendam, omnia noftra peccata plenifiima fatisfa&ione<br />
expiafie: Itaquidetmutper ipltim folum cum<br />
Deoreconciliemur remiflionem peccatorumpcrfidem<br />
confequamur, amorte omnibusq; alijs pe~catifupplk-jis<br />
libcremur, & "iri aeternum SalvemuiL. Jfhttcquid<br />
cnimpavidas mcntes confolatur-,<br />
gratiam Dci transg*e&>ribu4 legti ofjeri, hoc pro*.<br />
pricefi (sdicitur Evangeliumfhacdx, laetidimus<br />
nuncius,quod Dommus Deus peccatanottra nolitpunire,<br />
fed propterChriftumcondonare ) Siveidfiit tafa.<br />
terufivcin NovoTefiamento.<br />
XXVIL Hanc orthodoxarn propofitarquseftionis<br />
affirmativamprobaturi, fequentia producimusargumefa.<br />
/. Ah> Stymcfogia nominvs Evangelif: Quod*<br />
cunq, eftlaeta ac hiiaris annunciatio, id non poteft $££$<br />
Concio irae &paenitentiae fivelegis. Atqui Evangcliu<br />
eft Isetaachiiaris annunciatio. Erg),<br />
xxvau
XXVIII. Minorcm probamus. tvxyyiAwenim<br />
ijihil ahud fignificat, qiu:m ponum 4; ia tWri nunciuifii<br />
ab f>& dyyeXix. Naui «'.y_,:.;>^fJizft) tft lana & bona<br />
annuntiario. Tropheia triitri et ando vaiicinantur<br />
deprxdlcaticr.e gra ijc u untur peci.lieri vcrboßifer,<br />
qu, d 70. Inrerpie^es recdiceruni ifc?')} tXucd ><br />
0 h vpioS /iH cfitxctXcVS,l:, hil*retuyInr,oruittio Domir.u. me9<br />
rex a.Sam 18,31. Item Nah- 1. v.ult übi nunciatururhem.<br />
obfidionc Affyriorum lolutam.Fr 4: Heg. y.v. 9, Cum<br />
obfidioSamariasexinlpcratofolutanunciatuL.. Siein<br />
Evangelio, lastiflimacft hascannunciatio quod antiqvu<br />
praslium fitdifibtutum,fortis armat? vi<br />
Eia. (i. v. 1.<br />
XXiXf Secundum Argumentum » Synonymi*,<br />
C 3<br />
mututt*
hutttanfur,SiC[mdemp^iT\m ejmmodi encomia illuftria<br />
Evangdio tribuuntur,quaedoiorem & contritionem plane<br />
removent & fequeftrant. Hinc argumcntamuL.:<br />
cnicunq, cncomia talia tribuuntur, qu* dolore& contritioncm<br />
plane removcnt, illud non poteft diciconcio doloris<br />
& paenitcntiae» Atqui Evangelio tribuuntur<br />
faiia E.<br />
XXXf Majorinemocontradicet. Minorcmprobamus.<br />
Daciturcnim odorvtUad vitam, i, cor. 2, 16.<br />
ivangeliumpaepS) £ph, ifa Fonsafu^ftlientis<br />
in vitam ttttrnam> Joh. 4, v. 14* Galea S*lutis><br />
Eph. 6. v*i7. vcrba £vangclifdicunturverbavittt<br />
attrmt Job+ 6> v. 68.<br />
XXXI. Te?iium>/Jprop?ioEvangefy'ufit.Quod<br />
fuit proprium oflieiumEvangelij jam indealapfu primo»<br />
rumpjrcntum in ipfo paradiib,idcm certeofricium ho^<br />
dieerit. Cum ideinctiamnunchabeamusEvangelium»<br />
Atqui turn proprium officiumfuit confolari, erigere»<br />
confirmarehominis iidemadverius tcrrores pcccati, legis,<br />
inferni, E.<br />
XXXII. Minorem confirmo. Ex Declar.<br />
Concord. p, m. 694. Qua rc&c oftenditur Patriarchaf»<br />
corumq; pofteros, quoties triftiflimi lapfus mentem fu^<br />
bibatmcmoria, feerexifle & confolatps efle dulciflimis<br />
illis concipnibus de fernine mulicris contrituro capuf<br />
ferpentis. ItcmdeAbrahamifemincinquobcnedicen*<br />
da'erantomnesgentes.- Etdefilio Davidis,quiregnum<br />
Ifraelisrcftjuraredcbcbat,& Lumen gentium futurus<br />
erat; quivulneratu-s efipropter ini^uitates noßras><br />
(jiattritwsprspterfcelera nofira> cujttt livorcfanati<br />
fumtn
fumtti. Quare queniamillud fcmper ipfispraeftitere E~<br />
vangelica: conciones, colligo perpetuumid ejus eflcofficium,<br />
nifiquis eadem manentc re, cam officium fibi<br />
pfoprium deponerc, abfurde ftatuere vclio.<br />
XXXIII. ffhtartum A Vaticinio £faU* Quaecunq,do&iinadcChrifto<br />
loquitur, deq; pnmario ejus<br />
finc. obquem in mundum veuerit, illa eft la-ta & confbiatoria,<br />
nonautemconcioirarvel panitentiar. Atqui<br />
Evangehum cftpropriedo&rinadeChrifto, & fine ob<br />
qucminmundumvenitPrimarib. I ine criim vocaturprardicatiojefu<br />
Chrfti, R* v. 2f.<br />
XXXIX Ratn» Connexioiit-i patef, qtiin finis<br />
primarfiiSiObquemChriftusinmundum fuitmiflus,ita<br />
dclcribitur ab Efaia c» 6U t. Qiiod venerit ad<br />
Sanaridum(sliberandunh (}uodnvfp{>.yfit, vt £van-<br />
getiz.eipauperibttf, n:edeaturcontri!ps corde, pr&di*<br />
($ anmmDormuiacctptu<br />
cetcaptit>ps dimifiiontm»<br />
Luc. 4, v. ißi<br />
XXXF. ffhitntum Apromifiondj}. Qiiodcunqjante<br />
per Prophctasproroifliim cfi, noncft lcx, &<br />
proinde nee concio iraefeu pcenitcntisr, qts: cx !cge ori.<br />
tur. Atqui Evangelium cft id, quod promiflum fuitantc<br />
per Propbctas. Lrgo<br />
XXXVI. Major eft p'aniffima. Ler enim nori<br />
eft promiff) per Frophetas, fed uti per manus Moiis traj<br />
dita,itapoltcafafpc rcpetita & populo declarata fuio.<br />
Minoris vcroapprohatorcft ipfc;Paulu!> in initio ftatim<br />
Epiftohe ad Roroanos, übi dicitfegrtgaiumje effein Eva».<br />
getium Dci, quodantepromiferatper Propbetas fites<br />
ittScriptuYPi San&ps*<br />
XX-
XXXFIU VI. Aconcione Evangelicaprima<br />
Novi Tefiamenti. Quicquid efl: gaudij magni<br />
annunciatio, illud non eft concio iracfeu poenitentia?.<br />
Atqui Evangeliumeftgaudijmagniannunciatio. Ergo<br />
non eftconcio ir* fiyc poenitentiat.<br />
XXXVIII.<br />
MajorManifefb.Duon. imediate con-<br />
trarijeffe&usnon nifi per inauditam abiurditatcm, &<br />
manifeftamcontradi&ionem uni eidcmq; do&rina affignaripofluut.<br />
Minoremhaudimbeeilliorem Judica*<br />
musjfiquidcmabipliusDci legato» Luc.2. v.io. cftpro<br />
nunciata.* Ecceannuncio vobps gaudittm magnum><br />
quodfutttrum efl omnipopulo.<br />
XXXIX Vllm, Ab AvTiSeriiApoßoHcd. Oppo*<br />
fitj,quatenusoppofita,nonfuntunum & idem. Atqui<br />
Lex & Evangelium indo&rina Juftifieationis & negotio<br />
(alutisfunt oppofita. Ergo.<br />
XL. Major veriflimaL*, Oppofita enim, qua<br />
talia,feinvicemremovent&tollunt. Idem autern fe«<br />
ipfum, non deftruit aut tollit* Minor viciflim Pauli»<br />
2. cor. 3. 7, Übi legern & Evangelium conferens;Lcgc<br />
definitperminifierium mortis ($ condcmnationis;<br />
Evangelium vero per minißerium Spiritus> Jtt~<br />
fiitU, vit£ ($ faiuipSi Hincetiamverfutf+gff*<br />
neraiemiftum infert Aphorifmum: Litera,idcft,Lcx<br />
occidit; Spiritusautemvivificau.<br />
XLI. Vlllm. Quicquid pijs mentibus veram adimitconfolationem.illud<br />
eftrcijcicndum. Do&rina Am<br />
tinomicaidfacit. E. Minorpatet. Papiftica cnim&<br />
legalis camificinaiftaopinionc reduciturinEcclefiam<br />
qua omnis confolatio eripitur laborantibus imbcciliitate
tefddidumcisChnfh.stJ^oOe:'ilitur : fft advocatusapudpatrem.fcd-qui<br />
venerit judLarc, Lveriusq;<br />
cum illis agercquam ipfe Moles unquam potuilict. Quki<br />
certeconfuiio,merifum & bcneficia Chrifti valdc obfcurat><br />
Libertatem Evangeiij in feryjtutem legalem transformat>veram<br />
Confoiationcsnpijseripit.quam cx Evangeliocontra<br />
terrores legis haurircdebebanu.<br />
XIII, IX,m Ateftimonio veterum u Ambrofij in«<br />
quicntis: Evangelhtmnaturafua non damnat,fed ejosat/inon<br />
credunt relinqnitfub lege, iSa vero efl, qutt dammt $<br />
fcjam/übpcrna exitij prtecipit, vt Chn/lo credamit^. Itacj aui<br />
noncredunt, lcgts damnationepereunt. EvangeliJ verd non<br />
efi nijtfervare. Z. Cajjiodoriin Cant. Cantic. In /ege nuua<br />
refexvaturp.tnilentia, fedprttcipitur, vt qui peccat accidatur.<br />
Bv.nzeiium auttm dien;nolo mortew. j. Cyriiii AlexandrimLib.<br />
I. c. 21. in Joh. Lex dabat/Jtrttumfervitutu in<br />
forwidmem: Chrijlu* /Jiritum adoptionis inlibertaterru.<br />
XLIH. Km. Apolcgta quoq; C.A. plane nobifcum<br />
fentit. Verbahxcfunt: Adfalut^rem& veram poenitentiam<br />
non fufficit legis pra:dicatio: Sed accedereo<br />
portet Evangelium. Hoc modo duo hzec do&rinarum<br />
generaconjundafunt>& ambo urgenda> certo tarnen<br />
ordine& convenicnti difcrimine obfervato> & Jufte<br />
damnantur Antinomi,adverfarijLcgis> quiprsdicationemlegis<br />
ex ccclcfia explodunt> &affirmant non ex lcgcfedcx<br />
folo Evangciio peccata argu enda. Idtm artic.<br />
Smalealdtci doceni: Novum Teftamentum retinet atq;<br />
urgct minifteriumlegis: Quae &peccata arguit> & iram<br />
Dci revelat;Sed ad illudlegisoflftciumadjungitmoxpro.*<br />
miflionemgratiae divinae per Eyangelijpraedicationem.<br />
Declarat. Lib. Concord* p. m. 69%.<br />
XLIV> Exirifce ha&entisallatis argumentis mani-<br />
C<br />
feftu
tcftum evadet; Evangelium in propria ae gcnuina fignificatione,non<br />
pofle dici concioncm pcenitentis fivi<br />
legis, idquod probandumfuio.<br />
XLV. Hinculterius pergimusaddifcrimcnlcgis&<br />
Evangelij oftendendum, de quo prius obiervanda erunt<br />
BeatiLutheri verbaincap. 2. Gal: Tom. 5", lat. fol. 559.<br />
Jgui bene novit difcernere legernab Evangelio, tsgrati&s agat<br />
Det; \}sfc\atfe effe Theofogum+ Bgo certe tn tcnlatione non<br />
dumnovi,utdtberem. '■fam ditigenttr dijlinjrvas juflitiam<br />
Evangclifajufiittalegis,quamdiltgenter difiinxit Deuiccclu<br />
a ttrraduttmstcnebris.dtcm a nodcaitfa utinam eat adhuc longimdifcerntrepojemua.<br />
XLVI. Differunt autern lex & Evangelium 1. Mt*<br />
dopatefaßionit. Lexnaturalitcr quodammodo homini<br />
notacft; utpotehominummentibusinprima creationc<br />
imprcrta, neq.pcr Lapfum prorfus extin&a, Rom. 2. v.<br />
/4» IC. Genlts natursicjua. lcgis funt faciunt, tf oflendunt<br />
opu* legjifcriptum inctrdtbuifttu: Evangefium verb eft myfterium<br />
humanae rationi plane abfconditum, fed per filu<br />
um e finupatris nobisin peccatum orolaplis revelatum»<br />
Joh.t v.i8.R6.i6,v,2?.adc01i.i,v,i6.i.c0r .2,v.7.Mat. .6,17.<br />
XLVH. li. Mileriafcu argummta. Lex ett do-<br />
&rinaoperum>pra>fcribens& roonftrsns quaicsnos cfJ<br />
fc, quidfucere, quidveomittercdcbeamus, Deut. 6.v./»<br />
GajL 3. 15. Oitendens quoq; qux ftnt bona opera,<br />
Insjuibus Deus vult renatos exercere obedientiaa-;<br />
Evangeiium veeo eft do&nna fidei proponens Chriftum<br />
mediacorcm.acpcr ipfumgratia IXhremifllonem pcc#<br />
catorum& vitam atcrnam promittens, Joh. 3. \6. Sie<br />
D'-tii dtfexiiMiPidif-^c.DQCCtitem quomodoprasftari po£<br />
fint, bona opera Deo grata ab iilis, qqi fide prppter Chri*<br />
ftu juftifiit. Breviter: LexjubctjEvageliu juvat & impctrauqtodleximperau<br />
> Xi-V-
XLVIII. 111. Ftrma protr.i/ponum: Lexprotr.ttfftfalutem<br />
&vitarn seternamfub conditicue prffftanda* per<br />
fe&a; obcdientix, Levit. iB> v. j. Rom* io, v* j. Lvc f<br />
to, v. 18. Rora. 2>v. i3:Promiffiones vero Evangclij fut.<br />
gratuita', non refpc&uChrifti, cuicare conftitcrunt be*<br />
neficia in Evaugclio oblata, i..c0r,6, so, Sed refpcCtu<br />
nbftri, denum Dcitfi vita *ttrna, Rom- 6, V. Is,Promittit<br />
enim Evangelium falutcm & vitam xternam gratis pro*<br />
ptcrChriftum,pcrfidem> Mar 16. v. 16. Rom. to> v„ 9.<br />
Qus tameu/Wflf mnejiconditio mtritoria, dignitatis alicujus>aut<br />
opcris>fcdduntaxatmodus, medium & inftruir^entum<br />
cftnpplicationiSjpcrquod^nonpropterquod,<br />
nobis falusex Evangelio obcingiu.<br />
XLIX, 1111. 0/f.cio zjcfjecl/s*. Vcrfatur quidcm<br />
utraq; do&rinacirca unum & idem objedum>pcccatur_q<br />
fz; vcrum civcrfb motio. Ltxtnim,ut loc]uitur eleganter<br />
LuthcruS) oflendit,acsufat, imputaf, damnatptccatum: 8~<br />
Vt-.ngeiiumvcrtirttj-iittit, tegit, mn imputatpeccatum, quiao*<br />
■fitndit agnumDet, tolicntempcccata mundi, joh 1:v. 19.Itc<br />
Lcxaccufat, tcrret,damnatpeccatorcs»transgrefloribus<br />
iram dcnunciatac posnas minaturtemporales& jgternas><br />
Rom J. v. 20* 2. cor. j. v* 6,Rom. 4. v. 15, Deut 27. v:<br />
ult. c. il> v. 15. & feg. Evangelium vero peccatorum<br />
fordesabluit& tollit, Efa. 1. v. it. 1.loh. 1, 7, corde contritos<br />
& fub onerepeccati fatifccntes & gemcntesreficit><br />
Matt, n. v. 2g.perterritosfolatur&la?titiamrcddit,Pfa!.<br />
51. v.14,per Chriftumgratiampromittit, Ad Evangclizandumafflittismifitme,<br />
utmedelam contritis corde<br />
affcrrcm, Efa, 6u n Luc. 4. v. 1/. £ttandemcredc-<br />
ticonfcrt vitamaetcrnamatq; falutemjloh. j. 16. Rom. r.<br />
L*<br />
V. Dijferunt appl'tcai'ttne
mmibUs, praefra&is peccatoribus, hypOCritis, item veteri<br />
homirii» quaten?ille inrenatis fubiuderelu&atur Spirh<br />
tui, i.Tim.i. v.9. Lex premens, malediccns,accufaas»<br />
damnans & terrcns incumbitfceteratu, inobfequentibuiiim*<br />
pifs $peccatoribfjrreverentifa $$profinit&c.Evang&iu ve.<br />
td propbriendumcft confcientijs pavidis.contritis„confra&is,<br />
confterriatis, captivis, & Oovum homincm fub<br />
gratia retinet, Matt,u. 5, 1%. Luc. 4. vf /8.<br />
LI. VI: Tandcmdifferuntfolenni promulgatione»<br />
Promulgataenimeft Lex minifterio Mofis inter tonitrua<br />
& fulgura» & voces & lampades, cjusq; ccrtitudo<br />
ftupcndisac tertibilibusmiraculisconfirmitaeft:Evan*<br />
gclium per filimn Dci pro!atu.& miraculis quiderrt haud<br />
infcfionbusjfedtamengratiofis&falutifdris ftabilitum<br />
ilcut Scriptum eft: Lexpcr Mofendata efi,gratiaautem ($<br />
Verilat per iefum Chriflum extrta. loh. /. v, tj.<br />
LII Tradito ficlegis &Evange!ijdifcrimine,addecifionerri<br />
ejus, ciijus in ftatus formadone mcminkLiber<br />
Concordia?, qua^fiionisdefccndimus: Jfhto vidt: reffe*<br />
Bu Evangelium verfelurcircapiccatum incredulitatU,\§ quo><br />
tnodo lexiflud arguat)<br />
LIII. Rcfpbndenlusincredulitatem duobusconfiv<br />
deraripoue modis, Vcl Rationefuigeneris, vel ratione certi<br />
fuiob/edi, Priori modo confidcrata non nifi ad legcm<br />
referri poteft & debet: Siquideni ratione gcncris eft<br />
peccatum, & fic afeliquispeccatisnihil prorfus differt:<br />
Etperconfequensa?quc alegeacrchqua pcccata, arguw<br />
tür& damnatur. Psfleriori modo conjiderata increduhtas»<br />
Vel obje&i loco, juxta tenorern primi prajccpti» rcfpieit<br />
Deum tanquamlegislatorcm:Vel juxtaEvangcliumob#<br />
je&ilocointueturChriftum,quatenusillc eft mediatot<br />
&redemptorgenerishumani. Pofterior hie rcfpe&us<br />
non
non rrutatipuimgenusincredulitatis: Sedtr.nrum objetium<br />
variat. lucreduhtas Ergo fempcrlcgi fubjacet,inpmgit<br />
inprimum pracepusm, quamvis in Chrb<br />
ftumdirectelcratur. Nampiraecejbtum hbc in genere<br />
jubeterederc&confidere Deo»fiveutrrearor, tivc vt te*<br />
gislatorjiveutredemptorconfidercturi &: lie iri genere<br />
etiam darod it& arsuitomnem iacrcdulitatemj.<br />
LIV. Preindeaccuratiflime diftingvendujaj eft /"»"<br />
ierobjeclum incrtflUlhtiit t$ inter increduiitntem tt/fe 0*ratioi<br />
HttjuiconJ/deratam. Qbjectum offert Evangelium, fcd<br />
lex peccatum increiu! taiis monitraturn arguit,damnat.<br />
lindeipfefalvatorluh $, v»4 5. cx prbfefib dc pcccato<br />
incredulitatis verba facicns ait: Noiiteputare,
Namcaconffdefatar velratianefaluberrimi menit, cJ/jfee<br />
c7m,qui tohfi/lit inrtdtmptione genemhumani. Qi. 10 re ipcii'Uadfoluni<br />
Rvangclium pertinet: Vel rd/peciu trez &feverhatis<br />
divin,ztqmppc(\nx tantafuit,u£ non niii morte filij<br />
Dci placaripotucrit. Atq; fic Cbrifti mors & paftio>;<br />
quamdiuir;im Deinobis oboculosponunt, tsmdiu non<br />
funtproprieconcio Evangelica>fedlegis&Mofis do&rina<br />
tcrroris picna. llndc manifeftum eft, Spifitus San&i<br />
pfinkium ciie, nan taatum confo!ari;Verum etiam miniiicrio<br />
lcgis, argusrc mundum.de peccato, & ita etiam in<<br />
Novo Teftamcntofaccre opus «juafi alicniam>utprophe«<br />
ta!oquitur,quodeftarguerc> utfaciat opus proprium»<br />
quodcftconfolari&gratiamDci pra;dicaro.<br />
JLVII. Falluntitaqj&faliuntur Antinomi opinantesHiftoriampaffionis&mortisChrifti;<br />
fimpliciter ad<br />
Evangelium & nullo rcfpc&u ad lcgem refcrcndara<br />
cfto.<br />
X.VIII. Deniq; cxparagrapho 7. Form, Goncord.<br />
Et illamquseftioncm cxpcdicmus: Jf/htare iexin Novt teftnmento<br />
explketur) Ad quam Refpendemus primb. Quia<br />
cu?nChriftusgcnuinusacverusfitauthor& lator legis»<br />
nemocamrcciiusintcrpretari potuit>quam ipfcautbor<br />
&_lcgislatorfummus,quifuturus cftjudex vivorum &<br />
ihopfuorum. Ethancob caufamChriftusutßexacjudcx<br />
fibi tabulas judiciariascxplicandas fumpfit>utco magis<br />
fubditorum faluti confulerct-».<br />
LIX» 2. Curn Evangclijdignitasnunquammagis<br />
-cluccat, quam übi Icgis doflrinaei ad latusopponitur; fi_*<br />
«juidcm contraria juxtafe pofita magis elucefcunt,DcuB<br />
etii^-voluitlegcmfimulin Novo Tcftamcnto cum E*<br />
Tangdioproponi,<br />
LX. '3. Idncgotii . imponitminiftrisN, T.riSpixi-<br />
?""■" tus
|uBs?n#u«,utpeccatorcsad Chrlftumadducantpef kgis<br />
concfonem. Naro cummaliaudiuntlegem>adductinturadfuorumpeccatoiumagniticnerp.incipiuntdc<br />
poinitcnmcogiiarcconfitenturfepfopterfcdcra reos<br />
eftcaternxdamnationis» Neqj tniaiSpiritusSanttus<br />
perroinifierium N-T-ti folummodoecnfo!atorcft,led<br />
etiamarguit, con-vsncit, damnat rcundum, Joh. iS,£;<br />
LXI: 4. Cumnuda 51Ialcgispra;dicatiofinemcn-<br />
.^ioneChrifti, aut adLjpoct■jjinph-.tr■ift/c«m,qua libi imagimoturhominesjquod<br />
legern cxtcrnisfuisoperibusim*<br />
plcre valvant,uti manifeftum> Luc.rB>v. u.Autaddt/pera*<br />
".ttoncthCainiticam adigat, tlt igitur huic morbo mcdicinam<br />
f3cerct,lcgem in manus fuas furopfitChriftus>eanrw<br />
queSpirituaiitercxplicavic&iiciramDeideccelorevelavitiuper<br />
oronem imp.ie&tem hominum, cftendcns<br />
quanta fit iradivina>&quanta pcccatorumarrocitas in<br />
confpe&uDeh Haccniro rationc pcccatores ad legcni<br />
fcmifli,vcre& re£tc fuapcccataogncfcunt: Qualern fa-<br />
. nc peccatorum agnitionem fclus Mciesextorquere no<br />
potuit. Quia (teite Apoftolo x. cor. 3. v." 15 ) Stji Mofet<br />
pr.tlegabatur, manfit nihtlominw> 1 elamcnfupetfaciem ejtts no<br />
rtttftum, vt non agnofcere poftcnt homines, legcm elfe<br />
fpiritualero & exigere res longe maxiroas> quas cum<br />
prasftare & implcre nequeant,:egcm cos borribili & extcrna<br />
malcdidtone obruerc. Quandoautem adChy*<br />
ftum convcrtuntur,tumvelamenillud tollituf, vt peccator<br />
ex lege peccata fua agnofcat; neq; tamendefpc-rc*;<br />
bona quidem opera prjeftet,non taracnillistcmere confidanautidcoinanitcrfuperbiao.<br />
LXII. .. 5. Ut oftenderet, Mofcnfubintegumenfa<br />
cercmonisrum & facrificiorum> Chriftum etiarn tinon*<br />
itrailc» etiacufioblique & obkurc. Faciem cuim Mofi»
£Hopoijttfit cffe velatam usq, cd Chriftum? qui velamen<br />
ilii detr.;xit, 2.cor. 3, 14, 8t lexhabet umbt>-amfiAturorum<br />
/>^ora«?»inquit'Apoftolus>col].2. 17. Heb- 10, i.<br />
LXIII, 6.t0 Tandemef»ampropterbonos>ut fcirsnt.inquibu"<br />
Deus vcllct, utfs excrcerent. Non n.<br />
Vult Dtusnoftroconfilio cxcogitari ppeta aut cnltus:<br />
Sedyultnosverbofuorcgi, ficutftriptura eft. Frujira<br />
me cclunt mandatishominum: Matt. 15, V. 6.<br />
LXiV. NegatiyamFormf Concord. hoc unico Anathc<br />
«atifmopertra&at. Reijcimu*utfal/umtfpernitio-<br />
fum dogrha, cum ajjmtur, quodSvangeliumpropriejit concio<br />
pferiittntitf, arguens, accufanss damnanspeccala, quod t.<br />
lenenfiLat. docuit; pxnitenliamdocendamejjenonexDetalogo,<br />
autulla lege Mofis;fedex Svangelit:Crudelesprttjligiat<br />
t$ depravationes t/fe,quando dicitur,Svangeliumpropriefigni.<br />
ficart Itietumnuntiuw, t$ Itgtm tantum ptccata oflendtre (se.<br />
Httnc fcquunlur ex Calvinianis Cafjarut Grueiger junior»<br />
Hemmingius & Pezelius, ex pontificijs Bellarrainus<br />
& alij.<br />
Fcdem itaq; liic fioimus,tribuentesgloriam,honorem& benediv, 9,<br />
SUntSacrafcita Dei,funtdogmata vera Salutis»<br />
De qticis funt animis fulcra petenda pii».<br />
iunt Sophis cultttl; Sunt Dofts Palladis artes:<br />
Q^iae, darequod poffunt, nobilenomsn habeno.<br />
Gmnibushis ftudmm, Fratcr fvaviflime, conftrs,<br />
Ac eafolerter noifte diecj; colis.<br />
Jlisfileo: Auguror fimul &