Romans 10:14 Since, then, this preaching is now everywhere spreading, in what way is it the time of the New Testament of which the prophet spoke in the words, And they shall not every man teach his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, Jeremiah 31:34 unless it be that he has included in his prophetic forecast the eternal reward of the said New Testament, by promising us the most blessed contemplation of God Himself? You that says a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? The one, therefore, vanishes away, the other abides; for the terrifying schoolmaster will be dispensed with, when love has succeeded to fear. Then, in a passage which follows not long after, the apostle writes thus: For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. Judges 2:3 And one may meet with a thousand other incidents, the past or the future possibility of which we might readily admit, and yet be unable to produce any proofs of their having ever really happened. Nay, rather we establish free will. For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to whom be glory forever. There the law was given outwardly, so that the unrighteous might be terrified; here it was given inwardly, so that they might be justified. In this way the two statements will not be contrary, nor will they be repugnant to each other: even the righteous man may lawfully use a good law, and yet the law be not made for the righteous man; for it is not by the law that he becomes righteous, but by the law of faith, which led him to believe that no other resource was possible to his weakness for fulfilling the precepts which the law of works Romans 3:27 commanded, except to be assisted by the grace of God. And lest by any chance these great blessings should be despaired of under the deformity of our old, that is, mortal condition, the Psalmist at once says, Your youth shall be renewed like the eagle's; as much as to say, All that you have heard belongs to the new man and to the new covenant. 2 Corinthians 4:1-2 By this craftiness and deceitfulness he would have us understand the hypocrisy with which the arrogant would fain be supposed to be righteous. For who has known the mind of the Lord? markably consistent in their characterizations of letter, spirit, and their interplay. Romans 13:10, Nor ought it to disturb us that the apostle described them as doing that which is contained in the law by nature, — not by the Spirit of God, not by faith, not by grace. Letter and Spirit promises to become a classic in the revitalization of the liturgical renewal begun by Vatican II.” —Very Reverend Kurt Belsole, O.S.B. John 14:8-9 Because He is Himself the eternal life, in order that men may know the one true God, You and whom You have sent, Jesus Christ. Observe, he says that both the uncircumcision are justified by faith, and the circumcision through faith, if, indeed, the circumcision keep the righteousness of faith. Luke 18:11-12 Now, having duly considered and weighed all these circumstances and testimonies, we conclude that a man is not justified by the precepts of a holy life, but by faith in Jesus Christ — in a word, not by the law of works, but by the law of faith; not by the letter, but by the spirit; not by the merits of deeds, but by free grace. https://www.britannica.com/topic/On-the-Spirit-and-the-Letter. James 1:5-6 This is the faith by which the just man lives; Romans 1:17 this is the faith whereby he believes on Him who justifies the ungodly; Romans 4:5 this is the faith through which boasting is excluded, Romans 3:27 either by the retreat of that with which we become self-inflated, or by the rising of that with which we glory in the Lord. Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? Many other cases of this kind may occur to anybody who reads or thinks, the possibility of which with God we cannot deny, although an example of them be lacking. Nowhere, however, in Holy Scripture do we find such an assertion as, There is no volition but comes from God. Rector, Saint Vincent Seminary “This is a most important book and needs to be very carefully read and studied. This is why the first response of the Church is not to rob them of their voice and their testimony. But, as the apostle says: There is no power but comes from God, Romans 13:1 what reason then is there why it may not be said to us even of this: What have you which you have not received? For as many as have sinned without law, shall also perish without law; and as many as have sinned in the law, shall be judged by the law; for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. James 1:17 This worship, however, consists in the sacrifice of praise and giving of thanks, so that the worshipper of God boasts not in himself, but in Him. Romans 8:6 If, for instance, a man were to take in a literal and carnal sense much that is written in the Song of Solomon, he would minister not to the fruit of a luminous charity, but to the feeling of a libidinous desire. For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more shall the ministration of righteousness abound in glory. Sirach 18:30 To the one it appertains to seek for nothing more than to continue in its perfect state; to the other it belongs actively to do the duty committed to it, and to hope as its reward for the perfection of the future life — so that in the one the just man may live forevermore in the sight of that happiness which in this life was his object of desire; in the other, he may live by that faith whereon rests his desire for the ultimate blessedness as its certain end. But whosoever shall put his trust in Him, and yield himself up to Him, for the forgiveness of all his sins, for the cure of all his corruption, and for the kindling and illumination of his soul by His warmth and light, shall have good works by his grace; and by them he shall be even in his body redeemed from the corruption of death, crowned, satisfied with blessings, — not temporal, but eternal — above what we can ask or understand. Now let us consider together briefly these things, and with delight contemplate the praise of mercy, that is, of the grace of God. ), Ancient and Medieval Th eories of In tentionality (Leiden, 2001). Accordingly, every one is said to have that in his ability which he does if he likes, and does not if he dislikes. Romans 8:3-4 Accordingly, in the passage which we cited from the prophet, he says, I will consummate a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah, Jeremiah 31:31 — and what means I will consummate but I will fulfil?— not, according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. Who is not touched by this congruity, and at the same time diversity? Philippians 3:13 And thus, as it appears to me, that man has made a far advance, even in the present life, in the righteousness which is to be perfected hereafter, who has discovered by this very advance how very far removed he is from the completion of righteousness. And I beg you to observe how he inculcates this very point: We have, says he, this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. John 17:3 And with this knowledge, this vision, this contemplation, shall the desire of their soul be satisfied; for it shall be enough for it to have this and nothing else — there being nothing more for it to desire, to aspire to, or to require. Moreover, if there neither is, has been, nor will be any man endowed with such perfection of purity (which I am more inclined to believe), and yet it is firmly set forth and thought there is or has been, or is to be — so far as I can judge, no great error is made, and certainly not a dangerous one, when a man is thus carried away by a certain benevolent feeling; provided that he who thinks so much of another, does not think himself to be such a being, unless he has ascertained that he really and clearly is such. And He commands, in order that, because we lack in ourselves, we may flee to Him for refuge. Since God, therefore, in such ways acts upon the reasonable soul in order that it may believe in Him (and certainly there is no ability whatever in free will to believe, unless there be persuasion or summons towards some one in whom to believe), it surely follows that it is God who both works in man the willing to believe, and in all things prevents us with His mercy. For it is manifestly these works which he does, and for the achievement of such alone is he naturally fit. For why it was that by this their impiety those men — I mean those who could have known the Creator through the creature — fell (since God resists the proud James 4:6) and whither they plunged, is better shown in the sequel of this epistle than we can here mention. Then consider what follows, and see in how clear a light the fact is placed, that men who bare faith are unwilling to trust in themselves: Because, says he, this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, says the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts. John 15:5. Also unto You, O Lord, does mercy belong: because You will render to every man according to his work. The letter of the law versus the spirit of the law is an idiomatic antithesis. Must be followed by anyone who works this guide provides an introductory for or represents GE make. 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