The journal of Monsr. de Saint Amour doctor of Sorbonne,: containing a full account of all the transactions both in France and at Rome, concerning the five famous propositions controverted between the Jansenists and the Molinists, from the beginning of that affair till the Popes decision. / Faithfully rendred out of French. ; A like display of the Romish state, court, interests, policies, &c. and the mighty influences of the Jesuites in that church, and many other Christian states, being not hitherto extant.

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The journal of Monsr. de Saint Amour doctor of Sorbonne,: containing a full account of all the transactions both in France and at Rome, concerning the five famous propositions controverted between the Jansenists and the Molinists, from the beginning of that affair till the Popes decision. / Faithfully rendred out of French. ; A like display of the Romish state, court, interests, policies, &c. and the mighty influences of the Jesuites in that church, and many other Christian states, being not hitherto extant.
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Saint-Amour, Louis-Gorin de, 1619-1687.
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London :: Printed by T. Ratcliff, for George Thomason, at the Rose and Crown in S. Paul's Church-yard,
1664.
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Jansenists.
Molinism.
Jesuits -- Controversial literature.
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"The journal of Monsr. de Saint Amour doctor of Sorbonne,: containing a full account of all the transactions both in France and at Rome, concerning the five famous propositions controverted between the Jansenists and the Molinists, from the beginning of that affair till the Popes decision. / Faithfully rendred out of French. ; A like display of the Romish state, court, interests, policies, &c. and the mighty influences of the Jesuites in that church, and many other Christian states, being not hitherto extant." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A93040.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.

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ARTICULUS. IX.
Conclusio.

HAEC sunt quae de methodo istius quaestionis ex∣pediendae in utramque partem disputando censuimus. Quod si in Molinistarum rationibus referendis breviores fuimus, credant hoc mihi ve∣lim, non ideo a me factum, quod eas consulto dis∣simularim, sed quia non alias inveni quas asse∣rerem: in quo ipsorum est aliqua culpa, qui cum tantum e re Ecclesiae judicent esse, omnibus per∣suadere quinque propositiones e Jansenio decer∣ptas esse, tantumque in auferendis ea de re decre∣lis diligentiae ponant, contra in astruenda illo∣rum decretorum fide, in erudiendis hominibus indiligentissime se gerant. Haeccine provincia tot minutis scriptoribus relinquenda erat, praeser∣timque Morellio uni omnium ad hanc causam pro dignitate tractandam, ne quid gravius dicam, mi∣nime apto! Quamobrem etsi parum honesta, providentior tamen Corneti ratio vldetur, qui suo suorumque ingenio, & fortasse causae diffi∣sus, quantum potuit semper sequaces suos ab his scripti tandi consiliis de hortatus est. Scilicet sa∣gaciter intellexit ille Molinianus Achitophel quam je junum esset quidquid de hac controversia a suis in lucem promeretur, quamque vix publici juris factum publico omnium contemptu priusquam ad∣versariorum scriptis exploderetur. Ergo ut eos qua valeret aggrederetur, ad clandestinas se moli∣tiones totum contulit; & nobile illud quinque propositionum opus; cujus in Bibliotheca Anti-Janseniana auctor perhibetur, idem primum & postremum esse voluit, laetus ac triumphans quod una pagella plus negotii adversariis suis exhibu∣it quam omnes Jesuitae & tota Molinianorum Scriptorum natio. Ergo hic unus vere sapit Mo∣linisticas utilitates, caeteri illi scripturientes mera somnia.

Ab his tamen, si tanta ipsos scribendo libi∣do teneat, puto hac sexta Disquisitione non me∣diocrem me gratiam iniisse. Certam enim ipsis & unicam ostendi viam, qua expetitas illas pro∣positiones in Jansenio possint invenite, si quidem ibi sint; erraticos excursus in quibus sine fructu expatiantur praecidi, nec ipsos de via errare pas∣sus sum. Alacres igitur eam ineant, si quid suae causae confidant, & mihi gratulentur tam certae methodi demonstratori. Nam quod Jansenii de∣fensorum firmamenta latius paulo exposui, ad ipsorum quoque rationem promovendam per∣tinebit; scilicet haec, quae quoquo modo dis∣solvenda sunt, si ab ipsis ignorentur, nun∣quam ad exitum perduci quaestio posset. Nunc autem nudum quasi Jansenistarum latus ostendi, quod ipsi feriant & confodiant, si quid robore, si quid animo valent. Quod si non praestant, jam sibi non aliis imputent, quod utrum in Janse∣nio sint illae propositiones nec ne, tam multi dubitant. Fidenter hoc assero, quia vere; quam∣libet

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multis Episcoporum summique Pontificis de∣cretis definiri curent propositiones esse in Janse∣nio, nunquam ullam ab eruditis hoc pacto fidem impetrabunt, multorumque potius diffidentiam augebunt. Non enim ad has persuadendi vias quisquam confugit, nisi quem rationes defici∣unt. Alia prorsus facti quaestonum, alia fidei ra∣tio; in his auctoritas Ecclesiae valet plurimum, in illis autem ne auctoritatem quidem suam inter∣ponere debet, sed illas ad praestitutos ipsis a Deo & natura judices, sensus nempe rationemque remittere. Vere enim & prudenter Habertus il∣lustrissimus Vabrensis Episcopus in facti quaestio∣ne ab Innocentio III. dissientiens, In hujusmo∣di, inquit, rebus ad verum semper redeundum est. Ergo quantumcunque nunc Theologi novi servitii jugo premantur, quantumcunque omni∣um ora intentaris terroribus obstruantur, erum∣pet tamen aliquando oppressa libertas, intelli∣gentque tandem reipsa horum consiliorum au∣ctores, vim, terrores, minas, parum ido∣neas ad persuadendas facti questiones esse me∣thodos, nec minus rationem cogi non posse, quam voluntatem.

VI. Kal. Decembris. Ann. MDCLVII.

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