No one stands the strict tribunal by inherent justice alone
Given imperfect inherent holiness and ongoing falls, no one can stand God's strict tribunal by his own justice and works alone.
Without indulgence, none would be cleared or judged worthy of eternal life.
Latin
XXXI. Porro cum justitia & sanctitas fidelium, seu quis habeat rationem virtutum quibus interius a Deo ornati sunt, seu bonorum operum quae inde promanant, & in qui-bus se exercent, imperfecta tantum & inchoata sit: nec solum illi sint in peccatis mortui, antequam Deus illos in gratiam recipiat: sed etiam post acceptam gratiam, variis lapsi-bus adhuc obnoxii maneant: certum est neminem, vi propriae justitiae, & bonorum suorum operum, posse coram severo tribunali Dei consistere, & ferre rigidum divini judicii examen; neque quemquam hominum damnationem vitaturum, & apud Deum infontem, & vita aeterna dignum pronunciandum fore, si Deus respiciat tantum ad ju-stitiam quae illi inhaeret, & bona illius opera, nec erga ipsum ulla indulgentia & cle-mentia uti velit, sed cum eo agere secundum legis praecise consideratae rigorem.
About this text
Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu, Sedan Theses, newly rendered from Latin: from theology proper through the Roman theses I–77 and the Reformed theses of Part Two. The theses only — not the collected works.
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
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Theologia I-XLIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Checked print Internet Archive PDF of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- Checked print pdftotext of De Theologia pages (Latin)
- Checked print Internet Archive DjVu OCR of the 1675 Pitt folio (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Fide I-XXII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Authoritate Scripturae Pars I I-XLVII + Pars II I-XXXV + Pars III I-VIII (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
- Copy-text Locked Latin, De Scripturae plenitudine densify (Pitt 1675) (Latin)
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