Faith does not justify by its own merit or dignity
Faith does not justify by its own merit; grace alone binds God to the believer.
If faith earned justification, it would be debt not free grace (Rom 3–4).
Latin
VII. Nec minus inter eos constat fidem nos non justificare, aut justitiam nobis a Deo impetrare, proprio merito atque dignitate. Quamvis enim divinae bonitati congruum & consentaneum sit, ut in gratiam recipiat credentem & resipiscentem, ac omnino polliceatur summa Dei aequitas atque sapientia, ut peccata condonet, potius peccatori per fidem & poenitentiam ad misericordiam ipsius confugienti, quam impoenitenti atque incredulo qui divinam gratiam respuit atque contemnit: ex justitia tamen non tenetur Deus credenti peccata remittere, illumque justitiae Christi participem facere, & acceptare ad vitam aeternam. Quodque Deus erga credentem ita benigne & paterne se gerit, ad meram ejus gratiam & misericordiam omnino referendum est. Quod Scriptura frequenter & evidenter docet, dum pluribus in locis inculcat, nos justificari gratis, secundum gratiam, non secundum debitum, praesertim vero tertio, & quarto capite epistolae ad Rom. Nam, si fides mereretur justificationem, justificatio gratuita non esset, & non ex mera gratia, sed ex debito justificaremur.
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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