Theological Theses · §1287

Scripture equally bars works of the flesh from the kingdom

Paul’s catalogs of fleshly works shut their doers out of the kingdom—gospel covenant as well as law.

While someone stays in those crimes, good conscience and lawful assurance of salvation cannot hold.

Latin

X. At vero haec eadem Scriptura non minus aperte & frequenter inculcat peccata illa graviora, quae vocat opera carnis, hominem regno coelorum excludere; nec qui ejusmodi peccata committit posse Deo placere, & regni ipsius haeredem fieri. Nolite errare, inquit Paulus, neque fornicarii, neque idolis servientes, neque adulteri, neque molles, neque masculorum concubitores, neque fures, neque avari, neque ebriosi, neque maledici, neque rapaces regnum Dei possidebunt. Item, Manifesta sunt autem opera carnis, quae sunt adulterium, immunditia, impudicitia, luxuria, idolorum servitus, veneficia, inimicitiae, contentiones, aemulationes, irae, rixae, dissensiones, sectae, invidiae, homicidia, ebrietates, comessationes, & his similia, quae praedico vobis, sicut praedixi, quoniam qui talia agunt regnum Dei non consequentur. Unde non minus evidenter patet illos qui consueverunt istiusmodi flagitia patrare, & quos mors opprimit alicui illorum operam dantes, esse non posse salutis aeternae participes, ac proinde omnia ejusmodi peccata omnino pugnare cum sanctitate illa, cui vita & gloria aeterna promissa est; nec cum illis posse bonam conscientiam retineri, ac legitimam salutis aeternae fiduciam: sed quamdiu aliquis in ullo peccatorum istiusmodi manet, tamdiu mortis & perditionis aeternae reum teneri, non tantum juxta legis rigorem, sed quoque juxta ipsum Evangelii foedus. 1 Cor. 6. Gal. 5.

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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