Theological Theses · §1286

Scripture: no one is without sin—so some sins coexist with true holiness

James, Ecclesiastes, and 1 John prove no believer lives sinless.

Therefore some sins must coexist with true holiness, a good conscience, and the Spirit’s fruits.

Latin

IX. Quae certe ex Scripturis sacris evidenter colliguntur. Nam Scriptura sacra docet multis in locis neminem sine peccato vivere. Ut quum dicit Jacobus, In multis offendimus omnes. Et Salomon in Ecclesiaste, Non est homo justus in terra, qui faciat bonum, & non peccet. Et Joannes similiter, Si dixerimus nos peccatum non habere, nos ipsos seducimus, & veritas in nobis non est. Unde necessario sequitur, cum fideles nulli, quantumlibet pii & justitiae studentes, sine peccatis in hac vita degant, quaedam esse peccata quae cum vera justitia & sanctitate simul stent, & cum quibus servare liceat bonam conscientiam, eaque dona & fructus Spiritus, quae piorum in hac vita propria esse Scriptura declarat. Jac. 3. Eccl. 7. 1 Joan. 1.

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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