Theological Theses · §1108

Scripture: justified freely by Christ’s blood

Scripture repeatedly: saved and justified freely by Christ’s blood, not by works.

Rom 3, Eph 2, Tit 3: grace, redemption, propitiation, heirs by mercy.

Latin

XVII. Id plane & aperte docet Scriptura Sacra, dum toties inculcat nos per Christi sanguinem atque redemptionem, non ex operibus, sed gratis servari, justificari, & remissionem peccatorum consequi. Ut in illis Apostoli verbis, Omnes enim peccaverunt, & egent gloria Dei. Justificati gratis, per gratiam ipsius, per redemptionem quae est in Christo Jesu; quem proposuit Deus propitiationem per fidem in sanguine ipsius. Rom. 3. verf. 23 seqq. Item, Gratia enim estis salvati per fidem, & hoc non ex vobis; Dei enim donum est. Non ex operibus, ne ne quis glorietur. Ipsius enim sumus factura, creati in Christo Jesu in bonis operibus, quae praeparavit Deus ut in illis ambulemus. Ephes. 2. verf. 8, 9, 10. Quibus consona sunt quae scribit ad Titum, Quum autem benignitas & erga homines amor apparuit Salvatoris nostri Dei, non ex operibus justitiae quae fecimus nos, sed secundum suam misericordiam salvos nos fecit per lavacrum regenerationis & renovationis Spiritus Sancti: quem effudit in nos abunde per Jesum Christum Salvatorem nostrum; ut justificati gratia ipsius haeredes simus secundum spem vitae aeternae. Tit. 3. verf. 4, 5, 6.

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

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