Theological Theses · §1043 · Louis Le Blanc de Beaulieu

Renewed mind, new heart, flesh crucified

Scripture gives a renewed mind, light in the Lord, new heart and Spirit, flesh crucified with its lusts.

These pieces describe the Spirit-wrought holiness we affirm in the faithful.

Latin

IX. Praeterea Scriptura speciatim fidelibus tribuit mentem renovatam, Rom. 12. 2. & testatur illos non amplius esse tenebras, sed lucem in Domino, Eph. 5. 8. Dat illis cor novum & Spiritum novum, & affirmat ab illis auferri cor lapideum, & in ejus locum cor carneum substitui, Ezech. 36. 26. ac docet illos carnem crucifixisse cum ejus concupiscentiis, Galat. 5. 24. Quibus in locis describitur per partes sanc-titas & justitia illa quam fidelibus virtute Spiritus Sancti inesse asserimus.

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