Thesis XIV. What he says about the ability given through faith and love, he cautions, should be understood chiefly of these habitual gifts. Through them the righteous are said to be able to pray, love, live rightly and overcome temptations even when they are doing none of these things.
For they are virtues that remain in the soul and so make it strong enough to carry out certain works, though while still imperfect they are not enough for works of a higher order.
Latin
XIV. Quae vero dicit de posse, quod per fidem & charitatem datur, de donis istis habitualibus potissimum intelligenda monet: quoniam per illa dicuntur justi orare, diligere, bene vivere, tentationesque superare posse, etiam quando nihil istorum agunt. Quandoquidem sunt virtutes in animo permanentes, quae hoc ipso robustum animum efficiunt, ad opera quaedam peragenda, quamvis si adhuc imperfectae sint, ad opera sublimioris ordinis non sufficiant.