Theological Theses · §1121

Stapleton and Vasquez: none stand without mercy

No Roman doctor dares claim inherent justice stands God’s severe bar without mercy.

Stapleton and Vasquez: say with the Psalmist—enter not into judgment; venials still need mercy.

Latin

XXX. Quippe nullus eorum est, quantum equidem novi, qui dicere audeat fideles propria & sibi inhaerente justitia fretos, posse coram severo tribunali Dei consistere, & in eo reos non peragi, etiamsi Deus illos absque misericordia judicet: Aut qui reclamet Stapletono fatenti, Si secundum severum judicium Deus homines judicaret, nullam hominis justitiam in isto judicio stare posse: Lib. de Justif. cap. 14. Et Vasquezio agnoscenti unumquemque nostrum, tam ante justificationem, quam post justificationem, teneri cum Psalmista dicere, Ne intres in judicium cum servo tuo; Quoniam, nisi Deus nos misericordia sua praeveniat, ut a peccatis justificemur, non poterimus non in judicio Dei damnari. Et adhuc post justificationem a peccato mortali, multa venialia manent, quae, nisi Dei misericordia deleantur, priusquam ad judicium Dei vocemur, non poterit homo omnino justificari, hoc est, omnino effugere Dei judicium & ultionem. Tom. 2. in 1. 2. Disp. 222. Cap. 6. num. 44.

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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