To Florus 2.227
‘Do not present your members as weapons of injustice to sin, but present yourselves to God as people alive from the dead, and your members as weapons of righteousness to God. For sin does not rule over you: you are not under law but under grace’ (Romans 6:13–14). You should, he says, serve God more faithfully because you do so more freely. Sin ruled over you when punishment for guilt hung over you. But after you received the benefits of God’s grace and breathed freely with the weight of your guilt laid down, a free person’s sense of honor should prompt you to show gratitude to your healer.
Latin
Neque exhibeatis membra vestra arma iniquitatis peccato, sed exhibete vos Deo, tamquam ex mortuis viventes, et membra vestra arma iustitiae Deo. Peccatum enim in vobis non dominatur; non enim sub lege estis, sed sub gratia [n387] . Eo, inquit, debetis servire Deo fidelius, quo etiam liberalius; peccatum quippe dominabatur vobis, cum reatuum impendebat ultio; postea autem quam gratia Dei beneficia consecuti estis et depositis reatuum ponderibus respirastis, ingenuo pudore commoniti debetis gratiam referre medicanti.
About this text
Julian’s six preserved books to Florus, quoted section by section in Augustine’s unfinished reply. Augustine’s refutations are omitted. Latin of Julian’s words is on each section.
Julian’s own books do not survive as a separate manuscript. English follows his words as Augustine quotes them in the Unfinished Work Against Julian. Augustine’s replies are omitted. We do not restore a Julian text independent of Augustine.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Augustine, Unfinished Work Against Julian (Latin · Julian’s words as quoted, Books 1–6)
- Checked print Augustinus.it Latin of the Unfinished Work (Latin · Same work)
- Checked print Migne PL 45 (Latin · Hard cases)
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