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VII–VIII.On perfection: we assert that the saints' good works in this life are not perfect by the law's measure.That imperfection appears often as to parts, always as to degrees.
Daily remission is needed; no one first gave to God so as to be repaid.Condign and congruent merit are to be rejected; God crowns His own gifts in us, not our merits.
Latin
VII. De perfectione: asserimus bona sanctorum opera in hac vita non esse perfecta ad mensuram legis. VIII. Ea imperfectio frequentissime ratione partium, semper vero ratione graduum. Opus est quotidiana remissione; nemo prior dedit Deo ut retribuatur ei. Meritum condignum et congruum repudiandum; Deus coronat in nobis sua dona, non nostra merita (Augustine).