Theological Theses · §969

Of works means according to debt—new holiness is free, not owed

Of works = according to debt (Rom 4:4 wage).

New holiness in Christ is free—so we are not sanctified of works.

Latin

XXXVII. Denique quod eodem recidit, ex Apostoli mente, quod est ex operibus, est secundum debitum. Nam, ut ipse ait, Ei qui operatur, merces imputatur, non secundum gratiam, sed secundum debitum. Rom. 4. 4. Jam autem sanctitas & justitia nova, quam in Christo adipiscimur, datur nobis gratuito, non secundum debitum, ut cuivis manifestum est; adeoque certum etiam est ex operibus nos non sanctificari, sanctosque & justos apud Deum effici.

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

This is an AI-assisted study translation. Source fidelity and completeness have not been independently certified. Open Latin on each section (or the Latin source witness link) for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.