Alexander Morus: honest civil acts are possible in the state of sin
Thesis IV. Nor is this far from what Alexander Morus teaches: that moral goods, taken absolutely, can be performed by man in the state of sin. 'Anyone can,' he says, 'live chastely and soberly as far as outward acts go, keep his hands from theft and murder, govern his power of movement, attend the gatherings of the Church, and hear the Gospel gladly instead of stopping his ears like the deaf adder.
All these things are upright and civil, and God finds them less displeasing when they are practised in whatever way than when they are left undone out of profane contempt' (On the Victory of Grace, second disputation, thesis 41).
Latin
IV. Neque ab his abludit quod docet Alexander Morus, bona moralia absolute spectata ab homine in statu peccati perfici posse. Potest enim, inquit, quivis caste sobrieque vivere quoad actus externos, manus a furto & homicidio abstinere, locomotivam regere, coetibus Ecclesiae interesse, Evangelium audire libenter, non instar surdae aspidis aures obturare: quae omnia honesta sunt & civilia, Deoque minus ingrata quando utcunque usurpantur, quam ubi profana contemptione omittuntur. De Victoria gratiae disputatione secunda, Thesi 41.