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364<br />

Note XL<br />

NOTE XL p. 54.<br />

AUGUSTINE S view <strong>on</strong> this subject is comprehended under<br />

<strong>the</strong> following heads :<br />

1. No <strong>on</strong>e <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> human race can be without sin abso<br />

lutely or from <strong>the</strong> first, all being born in sin. Qui omnino<br />

nullum peccatum habuerit, habiturusve sit, prorsus nisi<br />

unum Mediatorem Dei et hominum Jesum Christum, nul<br />

lum vel esse vel fuisse vel futurum esse certissimum est.<br />

De Pecc. Merit, et Remiss. 1. 2. n. 34. N<strong>on</strong> legitur<br />

sine peccato esse nisi Filius hominis. De Perfect. Just.<br />

n. 29. See too De Pecc. Merit, et Remiss. 1. 1. n. 56, 57.<br />

2. Though all men are in sin to begin with, <strong>the</strong>re is<br />

<strong>the</strong> possibility <strong>of</strong> attaining to a sinless state in this life ;<br />

but this possibility is through <strong>the</strong> Divine grace or power,<br />

and by a miraculous exerti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> that power. Et ideo<br />

ejus perfecti<strong>on</strong>em etiam in hac vita esse possibilem, negare<br />

n<strong>on</strong> possumus, quia omnia possibilia sunt Deo, sive quae<br />

faoit sola sua voluntate, sive quae cooperantibus creaturae<br />

suse voluntatibus a se fieri posse c<strong>on</strong>stituit. Ac per hoc<br />

quicquid eorum n<strong>on</strong> facit, sine exemplo est quidem in ejus<br />

operibus factis ; sed apud Deum et in ejus virtute habet<br />

causam qua fieri possit, et in ejus sapientia quare n<strong>on</strong><br />

factum sit. De Spiritu et Liter a, n. 7. Ecce quemadmodum<br />

sine exernplo est in hominibus perfecta justitia, et<br />

tamen impossibilis n<strong>on</strong> est. Fieret enim si tanta voluntas<br />

adhiberetur quanta sufficit tantae rei. Esset autem tanta,<br />

si et nihil eorum quse pertinent ad justitiamnos lateret, et<br />

ea sic delectarent animum, ut quicquid aliud voluptatis<br />

dolorisve impedit, delectatio ilia superaret : quod ut n<strong>on</strong><br />

sit, n<strong>on</strong> ad impossibilitatem, sed ad judicium Dei pertinet.<br />

Ibid. n. 63. Sed inveniant isti,<br />

si possunt, aliquem<br />

sub <strong>on</strong>ere corrupti<strong>on</strong>is hujus viventem, cui jam n<strong>on</strong> habeat<br />

Deus quod ignoscat Sane quemquam talem, si<br />

testim<strong>on</strong>ia ilia divina competenter accipiant, prorsus inve-<br />

nire n<strong>on</strong> possunt ; nullo modo tamen dicendum, Deo deesse<br />

possibilitatem, qua voluntas sic adjuvetur humana, ut n<strong>on</strong><br />

solum justitia ista quae ex fide est, omni ex parte modo

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