Theological Theses · §1010 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

What Paul means by justification by faith, not by works

Paul's contrast: not legal-covenant perfect observance, but sincere gospel faith with its obedience.

God freely remits and counts just those who receive the gospel from the heart.

Latin

XXXV. Quoties ergo affirmat Apostolus nos non justificari operibus, sed fide, non aliud docere intendit, quam nullum omnino justificari posse per observationem legis, quam foedus legale postulat, ut per illud vitam habeamus, & vitemus Dei maledictionem: sed Deum pro justis habere, ac remissionem peccatorum omnium ex mera sua gratia donare, omnes illos qui corde syncero Evangelium suscipiunt, illique veram ex fide praestant obedientiam.

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Louis Le Blanc, a Reformed professor at Sedan, sets out theology in theses argued against Rome: Scripture, faith, grace, free choice, good works and the saints.

This volume holds the Theses on Theology I–XLIII and On Faith I–XXII, in eighteen sections.

Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu (1614–1675) was minister and professor of theology at the Academy of Sedan, the Reformed school on France's eastern border. His Theses were disputed by students over many years and collected in a London folio (1675).

The Theological Theses range across the whole Reformed system — Scripture, God, predestination, grace, and justifying faith — in the crisp thesis-and-proof form of the seventeenth-century schools.

Date1675 AD (Sedan theses; London collection)

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Reference

ESTC R17887; Wing L802. IA bub_gb_eOkHAW4G0-wC (+ EEBO 1675 for gap leaves).

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