Theological Theses · §1309

Third sense: law-rigor ‘mortal’ remains that do not damn those in Christ walking not after the flesh

Third ‘mortal’: law-rigor deserts of remaining corruption that mercy in Christ does not impute unto death.

Romans 8’s ‘no condemnation’ holds for those not walking after the flesh—grave fleshly falls still need renewed repentance.

Latin

XXXII. Tertio peccatum quodvis dicitur mortale quibusdam nostris Theologis, quod habentem, vel peccantem, ex rigore legis morte involveret, si persona absque misericordia Dei in Christo, judicaretur: quamvis jam insito in Christum ad mortem non imputetur, sed remissum sit etiam illi, qui adhuc eodem implicatur. In hisce peccatis ponimus reliquias originalis peccati, quae regeneratis inhaerent, defectus plenariae dilectionis, qui bonis illorum operibus miscuntur, vitiosas denique cupiditates, & motiones quibus repugnant, quasque Sancti gratiae motibus superant, & mortificant, atque in mortali hoc suo corpore dominari non permittunt. Haec omnia, si rei naturam spectes & legem Dei, mortalia sunt; & tamen non damnant eos, iis qui sunt insiti in Christum. Nec simpliciter dixit, Nulla est condemnatio iis qui sunt in Christo Jesu; sed cum additamento hoc, qui non incedunt secundum carnem. Nam quoties renati frena laxantes carni, & concupiscentiis ejus obedientes, incidunt in fornicationem, homicidium, aut consimilia peccata, implicantur reatu mortifero, nec unquam perfrui poterunt vita aeterna, nisi per renovatum actum poenitentiae & fidei ab eodem liberentur.

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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