Monday, May 31, 2010

BE 44 - shunning evil, doing good, believing in the Lord

BE 44 (end)
The three remaining propositions, namely,
That evils ought to be shunned,
because they are of the devil and from the devil;
and that goods ought to be done,
because they are of God and from God;
but that it is to be believed that they are from the Lord,
with him and through him.
There is no need to illustrate and demonstrate these;
for the whole Sacred Scripture, from beginning to end, proves them,
and, in short, teaches nothing else
but to shun evils, and do goods, and to believe in the Lord God.
Besides, without these three there is not any religion,
for religion is of the life;
and life is to shun evils and do goods,
and a person cannot do goods and shun evils except as of himself.
Wherefore if these three are removed from the church,
the Sacred Scripture, together with religion,
is likewise removed at the same time:
which being removed the church is not a church.

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