Theological Theses · §1284

Lighter daily sins tolerated in the regenerate without loss of heaven

Under the gospel covenant God bears the regenerate’s lighter daily faults without barring heaven.

Idle words, vain thoughts, and flaws in good works can coexist with peace of conscience and hope of salvation.

Latin

VII. Porro ex hac peccatorum inter se disparitate & inaequalitate, & aliorum prae aliis levitate, sive gravitate, fit ut Deus cum filiis suis, quos adoptavit in Christo, & Spiritu suo regeneravit, juxta gratiosum foedus Evangelii benigne agens, peccata quaedam leviora in iis eatenus toleret, ut etiamsi non sint sine ejusmodi peccatis, in quae quotidie incurrunt, & in aliquo eorum moriantur, non tamen eos propterea declaret indignos qui in coelum admittantur, & gloriae ac felicitatis aeternae participes fiant. Adeoque peccata talia consistere possunt cum bona conscientia, & munditia cordis, eaque mensura sanctificationis, quam Deus a nobis exigit in hac vita, ut in altera ipso frui, ipsumque videre possimus. Neque ejusmodi peccata ex homine fideli & pio excutiunt conscientiae pacem, & gaudium spiritus, ac remissionis peccatorum ipsius, & salutis aeternae spem atque fiduciam. Cujus generis peccata sunt, exempli gratia, verbum otiosum, risus immoderatus, cogitatio vana, & naevi ac defectus omnes adhaerentes bonorum piorum operibus, in quibus a summa legis exactitudine semper deficiunt.

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

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