Inherent holiness given with remission, not its meritorious cause
God never absolves without also clothing in true habitual holiness growing toward future perfection.
That inherent righteousness is not the meritorious cause of remission or adoption—both are free gifts for Christ’s sake.
Latin
XV. Verum est quidem Deum neminem propter Christum a peccatis absolvere, quin simul illum induat habitu justitiae & sanctitatis verae, quae a primis initiis paulatim contendit ad perfectionem, ad quam demum in futuro saeculo perveniemus. Sed justitia illa licet Deo probetur, & promissionem habeat vitae & gloriae aeternae, nullo modo tamen causa est propter quam, & cujus merito a sempiterna poena peccatis nostris debita liberamur, & filii Dei per adoptionem, adeoque regni coelestis haeredes instituimur: Verum simul cum remissione peccatorum nostrorum justitiam ejusmodi propter Christi meritum & satisfactionem a Deo accipimus. Estque tam justitia ista quam remissio peccatorum respectu nostri mere gratuitum Dei donum. Neque haec ab illa tanquam a causa meritoria & impulsiva pendet.
About this text
Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu - Sedan Theological Theses, newly rendered from the 1675 London Latin. Covers De Theologia through Angelorum & Hominum Sanctorum Cultu Romana I-LXXVII and Pars Secunda (Reformata) I-XL. Not the collected folio.
English follows locked Pitt Latin through Imaginum CLOSED + Sanctorum Cultu Romana CLOSED + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL. 1675 PDF ~384-390 (book ~370-376); Vision OCR + pdftotext + tess. No modern English. This slice densifies Sanctorum Pars Secunda I-XL. Next: Pars Secunda XLI–fin (~CI). Claim stays claimed (book densify not done).
Catalogue & scope
ESTC R17887; Wing L802. IA bub_gb_eOkHAW4G0-wC (+ EEBO 1675 for gap leaves). Densify through Sanctorum Cultu Romana I-LXXVII + Pars Secunda Reformata I-XL (Pars Secunda not closed; not whole folio).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Theologia I-XLIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Checked print Internet Archive PDF of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- Checked print pdftotext of De Theologia pages (Latin)
- Checked print Internet Archive DjVu OCR of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Fide I-XXII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Authoritate Scripturae Pars I I-XLVII + Pars II I-XXXV + Pars III I-VIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Scripturae plenitudine densify (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
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