Cornelius Jansenius / Gisbertus Voetius: Notarum Sponge with Which Gisbertus Voetius, Minister of Sylva-Ducensis, Recently Sprinkled Antidote for Civibus Sylvae-Ducensis. Authored by Cornelius Jansen of Leerdam, Doctor of Sacred Theology, and Professor of Sacred Letters at Leuven University. Leuven, Published by Widow of Henry Hastenii and Jacob Zegers, in the year 1631. With Privilege. (40)510=496(8) pages.
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2. Cornelius Jansenius: Alexipharmacum for citizens and forest dwellers accompanied as a remedy against the spell of his ministers. This is a brief response to the provoking booklet of the ministers of the forest guides. ... Third edition. Leuven, published by widow Henricus Hastenii and Jacob Zegers, in the year 1631. 29 pages.
Together in 80: beautiful original parchment with overlapping edges. Binding and paper in very good condition. A beautiful and well-preserved copy.

(...) [this work was] the result of a challenge by the Reformed ministers of 's Hertogenbosch, to the Roman Catholics in 1630, to debate with them in the presence of the government about the truth and antiquity of the Roman church doctrine, which, however, did not materialize, and for which Jansenius thought it appropriate to publish the first work in 1630, which he followed with his Notes in the form of a sponge after it was answered by Voetius. Rare work.

Cornelius Jansenius, whose real name was Cornelius Jansen (Acquoy, October 28, 1585 – Ypres, May 6, 1638), was a Roman Catholic priest, bishop, and theologian in the Southern Netherlands. In his main work, starting from the Church Father Augustine of Hippo and opposing the Jesuits, he claimed that humans are predestined to God's grace and cannot contribute to their salvation or damnation through free will, because even their will is irrevocably predetermined. Posthumously, this Jansenism, which also had a political component, was repeatedly condemned by the Church.