Theological Theses · §2420 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Testard's particular grace: salvation effectually applied to the elect

Thesis XXXI. By particular grace he means the grace by which God makes certain people actually share in salvation, not merely offering them Christ's benefit but applying it to them effectually and in fact.

He calls this grace particular because, unlike the first, it does not reach everyone but belongs to a few, namely the elect, since it consists in election itself and in the benefits that flow from it: internal and effectual calling, justification, the gift of perseverance and glorification.

Latin

XXXI. Per gratiam vero particularem intelligit illam qua Deus certos ex hominibus revera salutis participes efficit, Christi beneficium illis non simpliciter offerendo, sed efficaciter & reapse applicando. Vocat autem gratiam illam particularem, quoniam non ut prior ad omnes extenditur, sed est paucorum propria, electorum, scilicet, ut quae consistat in ipsa electione, & beneficiis inde promanantibus: qualia sunt vocatio interna & efficax, justificatio, perseverantiae donum & glorificatio.

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