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# Title: Leibniz-Handschriften zur Theologie LH 1, 4, 7
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verinque probi et eruditi; sape certamina descensum est: quae
ubi casu vel Faedio finita sunt, vtraque pars victoriam sibi
adscripsit: quod semper ab alterutrs contra conscientiam suisse
factum, verisimile non est. Quod si ergo ambo vicisse sibi
visi sunt, ubi est ergo illa elecantata convincendi facili-
+a5 2
simplici
Equidem fateor, homini etiam scriptici ac pio tantum, qui
quantum per vita rationem licet, salutis sua curam gerit
gratiam divinam, quantum ad salutem satis est non defore.
Sed aliud est, persuasum esse; aliud persuadere posse, nam et
teneas.
persuasus sit, sufficit ut opinionem aliquam dereat, ot
persuadere possis, accurate ratioricinantem necesse est,
ut eam possis probare. Multi autem fideles, en fallor,
et si persuasi de veritatibus fidei, non ideo eas aliis
probare possent, si in dubium reuocarentur; imo forte
nec sibi, si analysis fidei ab ipsis exigeretur eest enim
illa analysis, qua quandam credibilitatis nostre velut
demonstrationem continet, res adeo ardua, et tot pra-
sidiis indiga aeruditionis et in genu, ut in paucissimos
Ces
cadere arbitrer. Dininam autem gratiam loco rationum
esse, censendum est, Deus enim humanae conditionis et fra–
gilitatis isertus haud dubie non eos minus qui credunt,
quam qui, cur credant, sciunt, e admittet. Varia sunt viae
Domini, sunt enim, in quibus claras admodum rationes
excitat, et praeclaras meditationes nasci iubet, ut prasi–
dium esse possint infirmorum ac terror sophistarum; alios
as
horum autoritate regit; non nullis affectus ipsi, qui alios
ad perniciem, duces sunt ad veritatem. Quidam diu
desultorii, tardem dubitationum fessi, velut columba in mari
vagata, in primo loco sicco subsistunt: non tam rationibus